Indoor air quality (IAQ) is the air quality within and around buildings and structures. Poor indoor air quality has been linked to sick building syndrome, asthma, headaches, reduced productivity and impaired learning in schools. Therefore, the effect of not having good indoor air quality in the home is dramatic but what are the major indoor air pollutants?

Dan Bourke looks at the recent findings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthy Homes which focused on the impact on our nation’s health and economy as a result of people living and working in unhealthy buildings.