Indoor air can be source of pollution

Winter weather and thoughts of air-quality issues seem to go hand in hand. Typically, those thoughts are of outdoor air pollution that is easily seen and often comes with an odor.

There’s more to air quality, however.

“People tend to forget about indoor air,´ said Linda Devocelle, environmental-education specialist with the city of Fort Collins’ Department of Natural Resources. “There’s tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide and radon.”

Devocelle and others have been working for more than two years to heighten the awareness of indoor air-quality problems associated with radon, an odorless gas that can cause lung cancer. Their work may lead to passage of…