Air and Indoor Environment

The Importance of Indoor Air Quality Testing for Protecting Your Health

10/13/2026

Once a complex and costly process, environmental testing has become widely accessible. Thanks to user-friendly tools, good indoor air quality is now within everyone’s reach. By identifying invisible sources of pollutants—whether they’re VOCs emitted by furniture, decorative products, or chemical...

Glossary of Toxicology: Understanding Key Terms in Health Risk Assessment

09/29/2026

To understand the quality of our home environment, measure air pollution, or analyze the impact of chemicals on health, a solid grasp of the fundamental concepts of health safety is essential. Laboratory analysis reports and impact assessments are full of technical terms and complex acronyms....

How to Successfully Test for VOCs in Indoor Air Using Scan4Home Kits?

09/13/2026

It is now well established that indoor air is often more polluted than outdoor air, even though we spend more than 80% of our time inside buildings. This invisible pollution has a direct and significant impact on the health of building occupants. To regain control over your environment, analyzing...

Indoor Air Pollution After a Wildfire: Seeking Compensation for the Risks Posed by Wildfire Smoke

08/31/2026

The summer of 2026 remains etched in people’s memories for its dramatic intensity. An unprecedented series of extreme heat waves struck France, creating conditions ripe for a surge in devastating wildfires. While images of hectares of vegetation going up in smoke made headlines across the media,...

VOC Analysis: Understanding and Controlling Indoor Air Quality

08/22/2026

The indoor air we breathe contains a multitude of invisible substances, the most significant of which are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). These molecules, which are characterized by their ability to evaporate at room temperature, are ubiquitous in our homes. Conducting a VOC analysis has...

Why use an indoor air quality test kit?

08/18/2026

We spend most of our lives indoors, yet indoor air is often significantly more polluted than outdoor air. This pollution, which has become a major public health issue, stems from a multitude of everyday sources: furniture, renovation and decorating products, household cleaning products,...