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What does the dust in your home mean for your health?

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
Some ingredients in those tiny particles can have big impacts.Yaroslau Mikheyeu/Shutterstock.com

You vacuum it, sweep it and wipe it off your furniture. But do you know what it actually is – and how it may affect your health?

Don’t feel bad if you’re clueless about your dust. Scientists are not that far ahead of you in terms of...

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