Your home’s heating and cooling system probably came with a one inch fiberglass filter. These filters barely do anything to protect your from indoor air pollutants. They’re designed to capture larger particulates (the little “floaties” you see in a beam of light coming through your window). When you combine these poor filters with a lack of humidity control, you have a very serious indoor air quality (IAQ) situation. That becomes critical for those suffering from asthma, allergies, and other respiratory issues.
The EPA states, “Since most people spend about 90% of their time indoors, mostly in their homes, much of their exposures to airborne pollutants will happen in the home.”
The Center For Disease Control & Protection (CDC) states there are 3 categories of indoor air polluntants: