Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usebenza ukude, ufunda ekhaya noma uzingela nje njengoba isimo sezulu siya sibanda, ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi usekhaya kusho ukuthi uthole ithuba lokuzisondeza futhi usondelane nazo zonke izinselele zakho. Futhi lokho kungase kukwenze uzibuze, "Yini leyo phunga?" noma, “Kungani ngiqala ukukhwehlela lapho ngisebenza ekamelweni lami eliyisipele elaguqulwa laba ihhovisi?”
Okunye okungenzeka: Ikhwalithi yomoya wasendlini (IAQ) yekhaya lakho ingaba ngaphansi kunokufanelekile.
Isikhunta, i-radon, i-pet dander, intuthu kagwayi kanye ne-carbon monoxide kungaba nomthelela omubi empilweni yakho. “Sichitha isikhathi sethu esiningi sisendlini, ukuze umoya ubaluleke njengalowo ongaphandle,” kusho u-Albert Rizzo, udokotela wamaphaphu eNewark, Del., kanye nesikhulu sezokwelapha kwa-I-American Lung Association.
I-radon, igesi engenaphunga, engenambala, iyimbangela yesibili ehamba phambili yomdlavuza wamaphaphu ngemuva kokubhema. I-carbon monoxide, uma iyekwa ingahloliwe, ingabulala. I-Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ekhishwa ngezinto zokwakha kanye nemikhiqizo yasendlini, ingabhebhethekisa izimo zokuphefumula. Ezinye izinhlayiya zingase zibangele ukuphefumula, ukuminyana kwesifuba noma ukuhefuzela. Kubuye kuhlotshaniswe nengozi eyengeziwe yezehlakalo zenhliziyo, kusho uJonathan Parsons, udokotela wamaphaphu e-Ohio State University's.I-Wexner Medical Center. Njengoba kungenzeka zonke lezi zingozi zempilo zicashe, yini abanikazi bezindlu abangayenza ukuze baqiniseke ukuthi umoya obazungezile uphephile?
Uma uthenga ikhaya, noma yiziphi izinkinga ze-IAQ, ikakhulukazi i-radon, cishe zizoqashelwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwekhaya okuqinisekisiwe kwangaphambili. Ngaphandle kwalokho, i-Parsons ayicebisi iziguli ukuthi zihlole izinga lomoya wazo wasekhaya ngaphandle kwesizathu. Uthi: “Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami komtholampilo, izimbangela eziningi zitholwa ngokubuyekeza umlando wezokwelapha wesiguli. “Umoya ongemuhle ungokoqobo, kodwa izinkinga eziningi zisobala: izilwane ezifuywayo, isitofu esibaswa ngezinkuni, isikhunta esodongeni, izinto ongazibona. Uma uthenga noma ulungisa kabusha futhi uthole inkinga enkulu yesikhunta, kusobala-ke ukuthi udinga ukuyinakekela, kodwa indawo yesikhunta kubhavu wakho noma kukhaphethi kulula ukuzilawula wena ngokwakho.”
Ezimweni eziningi, i-Environmental Protection Agency nayo ayikuncomi ukuhlolwa kwe-IAQ yasekhaya okujwayelekile. "Indawo ngayinye yasendlini ihlukile, ngakho-ke akukho ukuhlolwa okungakala zonke izici ze-IAQ ekhaya lakho," umkhulumeli wale nhlangano wabhala nge-imeyili. “Ngaphezu kwalokho, ayikho i-EPA noma eminye imingcele yenhlangano eye yabekelwa ikhwalithi yomoya wasendlini noma izinto eziningi ezingcolisayo ezisendlini; ngakho-ke, azikho izindinganiso zikahulumeni zokuqhathanisa imiphumela yamasampula.”
Kodwa uma ukhwehlela, uphelelwa umoya, uhefuzela noma unekhanda elibuhlungu elingapheli, kungase kudingeke ukuthi ube ngumseshi. “Ngicela abanikazi bezindlu ukuthi bagcine ijenali yansuku zonke,” kusho uJay Stake, umongameli we-Indoor Air Quality Association(IAQA). “Uyaphatheka kabi uma ungena ekhishini, kodwa ukahle ehhovisi? Lokhu kusiza ukuthi ungangeni enkingeni futhi kungakongela imali ngokuba nokuhlolwa okuphelele kwekhwalithi yomoya endlini.”
U-Rizzo uyavuma. “Qaphela. Ingabe kukhona okuthile noma indawo ethile eyenza izimpawu zakho zibe zimbi kakhulu noma zibe ngcono? Zibuze, ‘Yini eshintshile emzini wami? Ingabe kukhona umonakalo wamanzi noma ukhaphethi omusha? Ingabe sengizishintshile izinto zokuhlanza noma zokuhlanza?' Inketho eyodwa eqinile: Shiya ikhaya lakho amasonto ambalwa ubone ukuthi izimpawu zakho ziyathuthuka yini,” usho kanje.
Kusuka ku-https://www.washingtonpost.com byLaura Nsuku zonke
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-08-2022