Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usebenza kude, ufundisa ekhaya noma umane uzihlalele phansi njengoba isimo sezulu siqala ukubanda, ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi ekhaya lakho kusho ukuthi uthole ithuba lokusondelana nazo zonke izici zalo. Futhi lokho kungakwenza uzibuze, “Liyini lelo phunga?” noma, “Kungani ngiqala ukukhwehlela uma ngisebenza ekamelweni lami lokuphumula elaguqulwa laba yihhovisi?”
Okukodwa okungenzeka: Ikhwalithi yomoya wangaphakathi endlini yakho (IAQ) ingaba ngaphansi kokufanele.
Isikhunta, i-radon, i-dander yezilwane ezifuywayo, intuthu kagwayi kanye ne-carbon monoxide kungathinta impilo yakho kabi. “Sichitha isikhathi sethu esiningi endlini, ukuze umoya ubaluleke njengangaphandle,” kusho u-Albert Rizzo, isazi sezifo zamaphaphu eNewark, eDel., kanye nesikhulu sezokwelapha esiyinhloko se-Inhlangano Yamaphaphu yaseMelika.
I-Radon, igesi engenaphunga, engenambala, iyimbangela yesibili ehamba phambili yomdlavuza wamaphaphu ngemuva kokubhema. I-carbon monoxide, uma ingalawulwa, ingaba yingozi. Amakhemikhali e-organic aguquguqukayo (ama-VOC), akhishwa izinto zokwakha nemikhiqizo yasekhaya, angenza kube kubi kakhulu izimo zokuphefumula. Ezinye izinto ezincane zingabangela ukuphelelwa umoya, ukuminyana kwesifuba noma ukuphefumula. Kuphinde kuhlotshaniswe nengozi eyengeziwe yezehlakalo zenhliziyo, kusho uJonathan Parsons, isazi sezifo zamaphaphu e-Ohio State University'sIsikhungo Sezokwelapha saseWexnerNjengoba zonke lezi zingozi zempilo zingase zicashe, yini abanikazi bezindlu abangayenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umoya obazungezile uphephile?
Uma uthenga indlu, noma yiziphi izinkinga ze-IAQ, ikakhulukazi i-radon, cishe zizophawulwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwekhaya okuqinisekisiwe kusengaphambili. Ngaphandle kwalokho, uParsons akacebisi iziguli ukuthi zihlolwe ikhwalithi yomoya wasekhaya ngaphandle kwesizathu. “Ngokolwazi lwami lwezokwelapha, izinto eziningi ezibangela lokhu zitholakala ngokubukeza umlando wezokwelapha wesiguli,” usho kanje. “Ikhwalithi yomoya embi ingokoqobo, kodwa izinkinga eziningi zisobala: izilwane ezifuywayo, isitofu esishiswa ngokhuni, isikhunta odongeni, izinto ongazibona. Uma uthenga noma ulungisa kabusha futhi uthola inkinga enkulu yesikhunta, kusobala ukuthi udinga ukuyinakekela, kodwa indawo yesikhunta kubhavu wakho noma kukhaphethi kulula ukuyiphatha.”
Ezimweni eziningi, i-Environmental Protection Agency ayincomi ukuhlolwa kwe-IAQ okujwayelekile ekhaya. “Indawo ngayinye yangaphakathi ihlukile, ngakho-ke akukho ukuhlolwa okukodwa okungalinganisa zonke izici ze-IAQ ekhaya lakho,” kubhala okhulumela le nhlangano ku-imeyili. “Ngaphezu kwalokho, akukho mingcele ye-EPA noma eminye imingcele kahulumeni ebekwe ngekhwalithi yomoya wangaphakathi noma iningi lezinto ezingcolisayo zangaphakathi; ngakho-ke, azikho izindinganiso zikahulumeni zokuqhathanisa imiphumela yokuthathwa kwesampula.”
Kodwa uma ukhwehlela, uphelelwa umoya, uphefumula kanzima noma uphethwe yikhanda elingapheli, kungadingeka ube ngumseshi. “Ngicela abanikazi bezindlu ukuthi babhale phansi ijenali yansuku zonke,” kusho uJay Stake, umongameli we-Inhlangano Yekhwalithi Yomoya Wangaphakathi(IAQA). "Ingabe uzizwa ungakhululekile uma ungena ekhishini, kodwa ulungile ehhovisi? Lokhu kusiza ekubhekaneni nenkinga futhi kungakugcinela imali ngokuhlola ikhwalithi yomoya endlini."
URizzo uyavuma. “Qaphela. Ingabe kukhona okuthile noma indawo eyenza izimpawu zakho zibe zimbi noma zibe ngcono? Zibuze, 'Yini eshintshile ekhaya lami? Ingabe kukhona umonakalo wamanzi noma ikhaphethi entsha? Ingabe ngishintshe insipho noma imikhiqizo yokuhlanza?' Enye indlela ebucayi: Shiya ikhaya lakho amasonto ambalwa ubone ukuthi izimpawu zakho ziyathuthuka yini,” kusho yena.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-08-2022