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Indoor levels of carbon dioxide are dangerous for health

Open a window at home and work to stop CO2 levels rising indoors

08-Jul-2019

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CO2 in bedrooms, offices may affect cognition and cause kidney and bone problems.

Rising levels of outdoor pollution mean levels rising indoors too.

CO2 levels at 1,000ppm could cause health problems, even if exposed only for a few hours.

Air-conditioned trains and planes exceed the level of 1,000ppm.

The study was published in Nature Sustainability.

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Michael Hernke

Lecturer of Operations and Information Management at Wisconsin University.

Nature Sustainability

Journal providing information from a broad range of natural, social and engineering fields.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Public Research university

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Respiratory Disease