The Breathe Easy Blog

Hosting brings more people, cooking, and activity into your home—perfect conditions for indoor air quality to dip if you’re not paying attention. This article explains why gatherings can make air stuffy and irritating, how that affects your guests’ comfort and health, and the simple steps—source control, ventilation, and purification—that keep your home feeling fresh, breathable, and welcoming all season long.

Poor indoor air quality is a major—but often overlooked—factor in lung health, contributing to conditions like asthma, COPD, lung cancer risk, and worsened respiratory symptoms. This article explains how everyday indoor pollutants impact the lungs and outlines simple, science-backed steps—source control, ventilation, and purification—to protect respiratory health and help everyone breathe easier at home.

Stale indoor air doesn't require chemical-laden air fresheners to fix. From baking soda and essential oils to houseplants and proper ventilation, here are science-backed ways to keep your home smelling clean without compromising your air quality.

You’ve probably heard about the movement to reduce toxic chemicals that surround us in everyday life. But what does that mean and what does it look like to an ordinary person? You don’t need to turn your life upside down in order to live healthier. Here’s our guide to detox your home effectively and safely.

The New Year is in full swing and so is flu season across the country. Every year Influenza (commonly called “flu”) causes sickness and disruption throughout homes, daycares, schools, workplaces and communities. The current 2024-2025 flu season in the United States is no different. That's why it is important to understand what is happening and how to stay healthy this flu season.

There's no escaping the changing of the seasons. Summer will give way to fall whether you're ready or not. Unfortunately, there's another season lurking just around the corner: cold and flu. Truthfully, cold and flu viruses are around us the entire year. But when temperatures cool, humidity drops and people stay inside more, the chance of getting sick goes up. It doesn't have to be that way, though!

We spend roughly 90% of our time indoors, where air pollutant levels can be two to five times higher than outdoors. Here are ten practical, science-backed ways to breathe easier at home.

Indoor air quality plays a bigger role in sleep than most people realize. From allergy symptoms to sleep apnea risk, here's how the air in your bedroom may be keeping you up at night, and what you can do about it.

Employees have been returning to office spaces slowly now that the effects of COVID-19 have lessoned. With that return to office both employees and employers are more keenly aware than ever of indoor air quality. Improved indoor air quality has a number of benefits. As more work places and office spaces are also "going green," we have learned there are significant health benefits and increased productivity levels for employees.

University of Arizona researchers studied how people's perception of global climate change affects their mental health. According to Science Daily, recent studies show that "climate changes have people experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression." They found that individuals with high biospheric concern (those focused on the well-being of animals and plants) experience the most stress and depression related to climate change.

Do you have a healthy home? Here's some quick tips on how to improve the overall health of your home: For the last century, homes have been built on top of giant pockets of igneous rock and soil, exposing us to radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas. According to the National Cancer Institute, radon is associated with 22,000 lung cancer deaths per year. Radon is colorless, and odorless, making it impossible to detect without testing for it.

From the air you breathe to the surfaces you clean, small changes around the house can add up to a healthier indoor environment. Here's a practical, room-by-room guide to turning your home into a true wellness retreat.

Indoor air pollution has been linked to headaches, fatigue, and respiratory irritation, but practical fixes exist. Here are 11 nontoxic strategies you can use to improve the air quality in your home.

If you've ever experienced a 90°F day with high humidity, you understand the praise behind air conditioning. Air conditioning, or A/C, is controversially one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century that has saved countless lives from heat stroke and is now installed in hospitals, schools, and homes all over the world.