We recognise the negative impact on our cardiovascular system and lungs from external air pollution, but there is a much bigger, invisible, threat from our indoor environment that can be 20 times more pollutant than outdoor air. In this session Julie will examine how poor air quality also has adverse consequences on the brain, diminishes cognitive functions, affects mental health, creates chronic health conditions and reduces productivity and wellbeing. Julie will be exploring forever chemicals, body burdens, trade secret legislations that hides the components of chemicals we spray into the air, and low levels of testing and standards. Good Indoor air quality (IAQ) programmes are essential for the lungs of a building to be ‘well’. IAQ is increasingly embedded into corporate wellbeing strategies to deliver a healthier and happier work environment. If you expect the food you eat and the water you drink to be uncontaminated, you should also expect the air we breathe to be safe.
