On average, people in the United States spend more than 90 percent of their time indoors—in places like homes, schools, offices, gyms, and cars. These places are usually full of dust, which is more than just dirt.

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Mitro, S.D., R.E. Dodson, V. Singla, G. Adamkiewicz, A.F. Elmi, M.K. Tilly, A.R. Zota. 2016. Consumer product chemicals in indoor dust: a quantitative meta-analysis of U.S. studies. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(19):10661–10672. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02023

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