Environment Protection and Heritage Council - Australia
"The occupants of buildings with poor indoor air quality can suffer from severe effects (asthma, allergic response, cancer risk) to mild and generally non-specific symptoms. Some health effects may show up years after exposure has occurred or only after long or repeated periods of exposure, and thus can be characterised as long-term health effects. These effects, which include respiratory diseases and cancer, can be severely debilitating or fatal. Long-term health effects."
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Healthy Homes - A guide to indoor air quality in the home for buyers, builders and renovators. (Pub. 2002) (PDF File 609K)
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National Asthma Council Australia
"Indoor pollution is characterised by a high concentration of specific pollutants that are of indoor origin. During recent decades, concern about possible health effects resulting from indoor air pollution has increased as the concentration of indoor pollutants in modern buildings has risen to relatively higher levels. Environmental tobacco smoke and mould growth are consistently associated with asthma ...."
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Indoor air pollution (archived)
“Is your home making you sick? Indoor air pollutants lurk everywhere…”
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Saturday Breakfast RN - 19 March 2005 - Sick Buildings and Chemicals of Concern
“Most of us spend about 90% of our time indoors breathing air that is two to five times more concentrated and polluted than the air we breathe outside…”
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Small particles – Big problem (PDF 480KB)
“Our lungs are exposed to a variety of respirable particles in a whole host of settings from the outdoor environment to the work place and in our homes…”
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How indoor air quality affects hour health
"Oh Bill, doesn't our new home look beautiful. The plush new carpet, the marble-style laminated kitchen, the colour scheme on the walls - just perfect."

"And the smell, doesn't it smell like… well like new, Jane? I can't wait to move in. We will be so happy, you and I, and Tim and Samantha, and plenty of room for the dog and the cat." A few months after their move, Jane feels very fatigued and suffers frequent episodes of headaches.

Bill can't get rid of a recurring sinus congestion. Tim, their son, developed asthma. The eyes, throat and skin of daughter Samantha become irritated with great regularity. After many consultations and tests, the family doctor still doesn't quite know what to do with this 'sick' family. At least the cat and the dog feel all right - so it seems.
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