How to breathe healthier air at home? The advice of two nurses from the Chartres health center

Preventive actions

“Indoor air quality is a problem that affects the entire population. Through this preventive action, we want to show that it is possible to change our habits to live in a healthier habitat, without necessarily spending a lot of money”, underlines Estelle Velard.

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The nurses in charge of leading this operation have received training on this topic. This allowed them to design flyers, in which they explain what are the right actions to adopt. These documents are distributed to patients at the health center throughout the month of December. Practical workshops will be organized during the first quarter of 2022.

Multiple sources of pollution

“Indoor air is polluted both by human activities, such as smoking, cleaning, cooking, DIY and indoor fragrances, than by construction and decoration materials, such as paints, varnishes or poorly maintained ventilation. »

Estelle Velard (nurse at the CCAS multipurpose health center in Chartres)

Good habits to adopt

Health professionals insist on the need to ventilate each room of your home for at least 10 minutes a day, winter and summer. It is advisable to open the windows more when you work, cook or do housework. Valérie Pagnoux explains:

Household products contain endocrine disruptors which are chemical molecules that are dangerous for the balance of our organism.

The two nurses also remind us that the operation of the ventilation systems, which must be maintained regularly, must not be interfered with. Combustion appliances should be checked annually by a professional.

Les Clos, in Chartres, has its nursing home

Simple recipes

The team at the multipurpose health center in Chartres offers those who have not yet taken the plunge to make their own household products. The nurses deliver an "easy and economical" homemade detergent recipe: just mix in a liter of tap water, a tablespoon of sodium bicarbonate, 25 to 35 g of Marseille soap and a few drops as a bonus. of essential oils.

Practical. Nurses from the CCAS de Chartres multipurpose health center will be present to raise public awareness about indoor air quality and endocrine disruptors, at the Clos market, Wednesday, December 8, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the grocery store solidarity The Isidore market, rue du Repos, Tuesday December 14, from 8.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., and Thursday December 16, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Helene Bonnet

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