Pointing the tools of atmospheric chemistry inside

An image showing cheerleaders working out

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US team monitoring air quality in an on-campus gym detects chemicals in the air that come from cleaning products reacting with sweat

It’s estimated that people spend about 90% of their time indoors, where the concentrations of some pollutants are often two to five times higher than levels typically found outside. But only in the last few years has the advanced instrumentation of atmospheric chemistry been brought to bear on inside environments.