remediation

There are a few key things you can do to prevent infiltration of fragrance, smoke, pesticides, cleaning products, and other chemicals from entering your house.

Whether the offending chemicals are coming from a neighbor with an adjoining wall in an apartment or a duplex, another house, or the outdoor air, the main strategies are similar.

The first thing that most people do (buy an air purifier), is the last thing I would do (and is not even on this list). We need to start with far more effective strategies for preventing infiltration.

Read through all the strategies and adjust them to your circumstance.

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The first thing to do is to choose your furniture carefully if you are buying new. If you are reading this before purchasing something, that is great. Most people contact me after they have already brought in furnishings that are offgassing.

It’s a little trickier to deal with after the fact, but there are still some things you can do to promote the offgassing and remove or seal in the VOCs (including formaldehyde) if you can’t return the item or just really want to keep it.

The article goes through ways to seal, encase, and promote offgassing of VOCs.

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