How to live in a healthier interior? What are the right actions to adopt? How can we reduce our exposure to endocrine disruptors?
The multi-purpose health center of the CCAS (Center communal d ‘action sociale) in Chartres, located in the Clos district, offers residents the opportunity to reflect on these questions and gives practical advice to “breathe better”, as Estelle Velard explains. and Valérie Pagnoux, nurses within this structure.
Prevention actions
“The quality of indoor air is a problem that affects the entire population. Through this preventive action, we want to show that it is possible to change our habits in order to live in a healthier habitat, without necessarily spending a lot of money, ”emphasizes Estelle Velard.
Is the air of Eure-et-Loir of good quality?
The nurses in charge of leading this operation received training on this topic. This allowed them to design flyers, in which they explain the right actions to adopt. These documents are distributed to patients at the health center throughout the month of December. Practical workshops will be organized during the first quarter of 2022.
Multiple sources of pollution
“Indoor air is polluted as much by human activities, such as smoking, cleaning, cooking, DIY activities or indoor fragrances, as by construction and decoration materials, such as paints, varnishes or poorly maintained ventilation. “
Estelle Velard (nurse at the CCAS multi-purpose health center in Chartres)
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The right reflexes to adopt
Health professionals insist on the need toventilate each room in its home for at least 10 minutes a day, winter and summer. It is advisable to open the windows more when tinkering, cooking or cleaning. Valérie Pagnoux explains:
Household products contain endocrine disruptors which are chemical molecules that are dangerous for the balance of our body.
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The two nurses also recall that” do not interfere with the operation of the ventilation systems, which must be maintained regularly. Combustion appliances must be checked every year by a professional.
Les Clos, in Chartres, have their health center
Simple recipes
The team at the multi-purpose health center in Chartres offers those who have not yet taken the plunge to make their own household products. The nurses deliver an “easy and economical” homemade laundry recipe: just mix in a liter of tap water, a tablespoon of sodium bicarbonate, 25 to 35 g of Marseille soap and as a bonus a few drops essential oils.
Practice. Nurses from the CCAS multi-purpose health center in Chartres will be present to educate the public on indoor air quality and endocrine disruptors, on the Clos market, Wednesday, December 8, from 9 to 12 p.m., at the grocery store Solidarity The Isidore market, rue du Repos, Tuesday, December 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and Thursday, December 16, from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Helene Bonnet
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