Consumer Information Center

• Common Misconceptions…
• Questions to Ask a Carpet Cleaner…
• Quiz
• Spill Cleanup Tips
• Your health and Your wallet
• Additional Resources

Additional Resources

• Carpet: How it Affects Indoor Air Quality (video)
• EPA: Indoor Air Quality
• The Carpet And Rug Institute: Carpet and Indoor Air Quality Technical Bulletin
• Prevalence of Asthma in the Swedish Population
• Allergies and Asthma: Carpet acts as a trap for airborne particles grounded through natural gravity
• Healthy House Institute
• Building Green: Carpeting, Indoor Air Quality, and the Environment
• Allergy Claims ‘Unproved’
• Clearing the Air About Clean Carpet
• Myths and Truths
• Get the Facts on Carpet and Asthma and Allergies
• Space To Breathe: The positive affects of good indoor air quality