VOCs Exposed in a New Public Outreach Video

Feb. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- Today the IAQ Video network released the 10th in a series of public outreach videos meant to educate families about important indoor air quality issues.  The public outreach videos have all been produced in the past six months covering everything from mold and formaldehyde to radon.

Volatile organic compounds, also known as VOCs, refer to organic chemical compounds which have significant vapor pressures and can affect the environment and human health.   Some have familiar names, such as Formaldehyde, while others are known to few homeowners.  

VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short and long-term adverse health effects. VOCs are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors than outdoors.  VOCs are emitted by a wide array of household products, furnishings and building materials that number in the thousands.

“The ability of organic chemicals to cause health effects varies greatly from those that are highly toxic, to those with no known health effect,” reported Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane and Associates, the company behind the IAQ Video Network.  “There are things people can do to reduce their exposure to VOCs and we hope this short video helps.”

To view any of the ten environmental public outreach videos please visit http://www.IAQTV.com or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7p3oBAJY0A


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7g81JxCq0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfdbuOp00Fg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT60D6xKenE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCpQYuK8ge8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yOMtXafNwM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di0MKIDUya8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD4pTC8GVpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QxdcORr-1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOdDfaYp9uE

To learn more please visit http://www.cochraneassoc.com, email info@cochraneassoc.com or call (602)510-3179.

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About Cochrane & Associates, LLC & the IAQ Video Network
Cochrane & Associates is a business development, public relations and marketing consulting firm that specializes in the environmental, HVAC, mold and indoor air quality industries. The company has worked with many of the industries’ leading institutions and companies and continues to be an innovator in the industry. They are also the innovators behind the IAQ Video Network.