By INDEX Editorial Team | Based on peer-reviewed research- If you're indoors reading this — and statistically, you are — you're likely breathing in something researchers are only beginning to understand: airborne microplastics. Tiny fragments of degraded plastic, many thinner…
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(This is an authorized avatar of Dr. Mark McDaniel - used by permission) Get the book: Make it Stick - Amazon Make it Stick - Harvard University Press Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (by Peter C. Brown,…
By INDEX Editorial Team - Handwashing is usually treated as a task to complete as quickly as possible. Turn on the tap, apply soap, scrub, rinse, dry, and move on. But what if handwashing could also be a way to…
By INDEX Editorial Team | Based on peer-reviewed research - The Problem Most People Don't See Coming: Wildfire smoke doesn't need to be visible to be dangerous. By the time you smell it, fine particulate matter — classified as PM2.5,…
Dr. Robert W. Powitz of the INDEX Board of Directors called our attention to the study below. His contact info is below. A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that portable HEPA air purifiers failed to reduce respiratory…
A 2020 study shared with INDEX by Dr. Richard Shaughnessy explores how DNA sequencing uses a simple doorsill dust sample to quickly find 100% of moldy homes while eliminating others. Science Summary: By analyzing settled dust samples across various American…
By INDEX Editorial Team | Based on peer-reviewed research - Part 1: The Science — How Respiratory Viruses Become and Stay Airborne What "Airborne" Actually Means When an infected person breathes, speaks, coughs, or sneezes, they release respiratory fluids in…
By INDEX Editorial Team | Based on peer-reviewed research - When people think about indoor environmental health, they often think first about air. That makes sense. Air quality matters. But many exposures do not stay neatly suspended in the air…