Is The Air Inside Your Home Clean?

By Nick Starling, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

September 7, 2023

NORTH TEXAS (CBWNewsTexas.com) - Thursday marks International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, highlighting the importance of healthy breathing air along with steps and the urgent need to overcome air pollution. The United Nations General Assembly began the international day four years ago.

Here in North Texas, there have been several ozone action days, meaning the air outside can be unhealthy for sensitive groups. While on a global level, this seems like such a big issue, there are steps you can take in your own home to breathe healthy air.

CBS News Texas spoke with a service technician at Willard Heating, Cooling and Plumbing who says inspecting your air filters is the No. 1 thing you should do. And you should be doing that every month or so and replace it when necessary. If you have pets, you'll probably need to replace your air filters more often. And you'll especially want to replace them when it's this hot out. Forgetting to change your filter can restrict you're A/C from providing full efficiency and allow more dust to flow through, which could make it eventually fail.

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