Think your home is green paradise free of toxins and pollutants? Think again.

According to the EPA, indoor air is around two to three times more polluted than outdoor air. In some cases, indoor air pollution can be up to 100 times worse than the great outdoors. Why, you ask? Much of it comes from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that evaporate from both furniture and cleaning products. The most common dangerous chemicals are methylene chloride based paint strippers, as well as furniture waxes, varnishes, volatile fuels and oils such as gasoline and kerosene and WD-40, dry cleaned clothes that smell of perchloroethylene, and cigarette smoke.read the tips