August 25, 2025 • 15 mins
Let's Talk About Indoor Air Contaminants
What if the very air inside your home was silently compromising your health, sleep, and quality of life? That's the reality Dan Toth, owner of Mountain View Pure Water, reveals in this eye-opening exploration of indoor air quality.
Drawing from nearly three decades of experience beginning in 1993, Dan takes us on a journey through the invisible world of air contaminants lurking in our homes. He breaks down the three main categories of indoor pollutants: allergens and particulates (like dust, pollen, and pet dander), infectious agents (bacteria and viruses), and toxic compounds (formaldehyde, VOCs, and chemicals from household products). Most shocking is his revelation that indoor air typically contains 200-500 times more pollutants than outdoor air—a direct consequence of modern building practices that prioritize energy efficiency over ventilation.
The conversation takes a practical turn as Dan identifies common household items that contaminate our air, from scented candles and air fresheners to chemical cleaning products. Those "fresh" scents we associate with cleanliness? They're actually adding more toxins to our breathing environment. Dan explains how these pollutants affect sleep quality, respiratory health, and overall wellbeing, while offering actionable steps homeowners can take to assess and improve their air quality. His recommendations include air quality testing, regular duct cleaning, and switching to plant-based cleaning products without harsh chemicals.
Ready to breathe easier and transform your home's air quality? Dan's expertise provides the perfect starting point for anyone concerned about what they're breathing at home. Call or text 423-218-9361 for a free consultation and discover how Mountain View Pure Water can help create a healthier living environment for you and your family.
To learn more about Mountain View Pure Water & Air visit:
https://www.MVPWater.net
Mountain View Pure Water & Air
2926 Boones Creek Rd Suite #1
Johnson City, TN 37615
423-218-9361
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the Mountain View Pure podcast,
where your journey toexceptional water quality begins
.
Here's your host, dan Toth,owner of Mountain View Pure
Water.
They proudly serve homeownersin the Tri-Cities and beyond,
offering advanced water and airpurification solutions that
support a healthier lifestyle.
The mission is clear helpingyou get great water.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Dan explores what's really floating around in your
home and how to take control ofwhat you're breathing.
Welcome back everybody.
Skip Monaco host slash producer, back in the studio with Dan
Toth, owner of Mountain ViewPure Water.
Dan, how's it going?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Doing all right, skip , how are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Doing fine, doing fine.
You know we've spent a lot oftime in past episodes talking
about your namesake pure waterand how that affects your life
and why you need need good,clean, pure water, but we
haven't touched much on on air,and that's something I know.
That's the service that youguys provide, so maybe today we
(01:12):
talk about indoor aircontaminants.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Talk to us about that well, first let me tell you how
I found out about air qualityproducts.
Before I ever got into watertreatment, I actually sold some
air quality products back when Iwas in my teens, back in 1993,.
I was approached by someone whohad this device that cleaned
(01:34):
the air.
And I lived in New York Stateat the time and it was legal to
smoke in public places, and sowhen I saw this device I was
like wow, this is pretty neat.
It would drop the smoke, smellthe smoke out of the air, you
couldn't see it anymore, and itwould also purify the air by
(01:55):
getting rid of the toxins in theodor.
And it was just completelyamazing to me and I thought that
was great.
And so what I wanted to do is Iwanted to help other people
have great air quality in theirhomes, and so I bought this
package of units and I had topay for it ahead of time, and
then I had to go and sell it.
I realized at that point Iwasn't a really good salesman,
(02:17):
but I did learn that if Ieducate people, they can make a
good decision, and so I've basedall sales that I've done from
that point forward on education.
I like to make sure that peoplehave a really good
understanding of contaminantsand products so that they can
choose what's best for them andtheir family.
(02:37):
And so fast forward to 2016,when I moved here to start up my
own water treatment business.
I had some time in watertreatment previously almost a
decade and I wanted to help theEast Tennessee area with the
(02:59):
water quality here, as my familyand I moved here and we just
love the area.
And as I got started, I wantedto focus on water treatment
because that was the point of mycompany, and so for about five
years I established myself as awater treatment expert and then
I moved into bringing in airquality products to remove the
(03:20):
toxins from the air that webreathe, as well as from the
water.
So that's just a brief historyof why air quality to me is a
really big deal, because Ipersonally don't have any
allergies.
I have no understanding of howbad it is for people who do,
except for every once in a whileif I breathe in too much pollen
it clogs me up.
But having indoor air qualityfixed, removing contaminants is
(03:46):
just a wonderful thing forpeople who have allergies
seasonal, animal or other issuesthat they're breathing in their
environment.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Wow.
Well, let's talk about somecontaminants.
What's the most common aircontaminants that can be found
in a home?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Well, of course, everyone knows about dust, dust
in the home, you know, the humanbody sheds something like a
pound of dust each year, and sowe accumulate a lot of dust in
the home, and a lot of that canbe removed by vacuuming and just
washing your clothes andlaundry, but some of it will
accumulate on floors, you see iton shelves and and also get
(04:29):
picked up in your filter foryour air circulation system, and
so dust is just often dead skin.
Things that feed off of dustare dust mites, and and then,
depending on how clean your homeis, you may have animal dander
(04:49):
same thing, just dust.
If you have animals, you'llhave a lot more hair, and so
those are some of the thingsthat we think about when we
think about contaminants Also.
So there are three differenttypes of indoor air contaminants
.
Okay, there are three differenttypes of indoor air
(05:09):
contaminants.
Okay, so we have allergens andparticulates, which is dust, and
that can be mold, pollen,mildew, fungus, tobacco smoke,
wood smoke If you have a woodburning stove.
Vehicle emissions um, it can bedust mites, pet allergies and
um, an insect, um, debris,debris, things like dead insects
(05:31):
.
So then you have infectiousagents.
So allergens are particulateinfectious agents.
Those are things like what youthink of if we get sick and we
need to stay home from workbacterial infections, strep,
pneumonia, viral infections,influenza, common cold, sars,
(05:53):
covid SARS of any kind.
They're really all the same.
We had a big hysteria duringthe SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and the
reality is that it is alsotreatable with the same devices
that treat other airbornecontaminants and bacteria, and
(06:15):
so we have allergens inparticular.
It's our first category.
Infectious agents is our secondcategory, and then toxic
compounds, and this is the onethat a lot of people are very
affected by but we don'tnecessarily think about in our
homes, especially if you have anew home or freshly painted or
you've gotten some new vinyl orplastic coated anything in the
(06:40):
house.
You'll have formaldehyde, you'llhave the seeds from the off
gassing of those products, youmight have other things like
pesticides come into the houseand also just mold or things
like that in an older home.
So it's really important tomake sure that our, our home air
is filtered regularly and thatthe contaminants that can be
(07:03):
growing are broken down anddestroyed, and the contaminants
that can be growing are brokendown and destroyed and the
contaminants that are gases thatare fumes off of products that
we purchase, that those are alsobroken down and dissipated,
because that's where much of ourdiscomfort breathing issues,
allergies come from those sortsof things in the home, and when
(07:27):
you don't have good air quality,your sleep suffers, your
productivity suffers, justquality of life is less, and so
bringing good air qualityproducts into the home is very
helpful to people who sufferfrom those issues.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Wow, that's a lot.
That's pretty scary actually.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
When you think about it.
What about cleaning products?
I mean, I'm sure that if youdon't have good ventilation,
good air I'm sure thatcontributes as well are not
necessarily our friends.
We make them for the purpose ofcleaning difficult to clean
things, for instance, lysol,chlorine any of the things that
(08:18):
make an aerosol can work.
Things like that can be veryhazardous to our health.
Certain people are moresusceptible to that and
therefore they have a greaterreaction or response physically,
but we all.
It's dangerous to all of us,and so the more we can remove
(08:39):
chemicals from our home, thebetter we are for that.
One of the things that I do withwater treatment and this is
this kind of fits, what we'retalking about, funny enough is,
when I provide water treatment,I also have an option for soaps
and cleaning products thatpeople can get that are they're
(09:00):
plant-based, there's no dyes, noperfumes, they're
hypoallergenic, and without thechemicals in the soaps and
cleaning products you can reallyclean up your home.
All this stuff being sold inthe store.
It has to have chemicals tomake water, to make suds on
non-conditioned water.
It has to have chemicals toclean up the harsh scaling from
(09:25):
soap.
Scum and soap curd on walls andyou know, one of the funny ones
is jet dry.
People use jet dry on theirdishes.
I'm not sure what they thinkhappens to that drying agent
that makes it streak free, butas soon as you use that glass
you're getting some of it inyour water or whatever you're
drinking.
It's just another chemical thatwe use in our homes.
(09:48):
We don't even think about it.
There are a lot of people wholike to use these plug-in
devices that emit scentconstantly.
Other people like to burnincense or something else in the
home.
I mean, you're going to bebreathing the ash, you're going
to be contaminating your airwith any one of those.
Candles are another one.
(10:08):
It's like, yeah, they smellgood and we enjoy that, but
often we're using thosechemicals and devices to clean
the air quality that we didn'tlike already and it's just kind
of adding more stuff to the air.
Wow.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Well, let's say my house is contaminated with all
sorts of nasty things.
What are the first steps that I, as a homeowner, can take to
start purifying the air or goheaded in the right direction?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Yeah.
So since we spend about 90% ofour time indoors, it's really
important to have the airquality improved.
The funny thing is, because ofbuilding standards since the 70s
, our indoor environment nevergets exchanged in most homes.
Some people have an airexchanger on their air
(11:02):
conditioner.
If you're in a public building,it has to have some sort of air
exchanging happening, but wetypically find that indoor air
environment is about 200 to 500times more polluted than outside
, and so if you're concernedabout the outside air in the
neighborhood you live in, thinkabout the indoor air quality as
being two to 500 times worsethan that typically.
(11:25):
So if you find that you haveallergy issues whether it's from
animals, or maybe you'resensitive to certain chemicals,
or you're getting sick often inyour home, you may realize that
there's some issues there.
That you want to clean up theindoor air quality, and that's
probably the first indicator isI'm not comfortable at home, I
(11:49):
don't breathe well, I'm gettingill often.
Those are things that areindicators that you want to get
your air quality checked so stepone, get your air quality
checked yeah, I get your airquality checked.
One of the things that we use,just a simple thing, is air air
particle tester.
So we have this meter that westick in your room and it draws
(12:12):
air through the meter and it,laser, counts the particulate
and so we can see kind of hey,do you have good air?
Do you have poor quality air?
What level of air quality areyou breathing in your home?
And that way we can kind offigure out, hey, as far as
particulate goes and allergens,can we remove some of that to
(12:36):
give you some relief?
Then there's the issue ofinfectious agents and compounds.
If your home is sick, if it hasmycotoxins and mold, mildew, you
know just some different growth, fungus growth or something
like that that can be related tohumidity or just being an old
(13:00):
home that hasn't been cleanedwell, your air duct systems need
to be cleaned as well, probablyevery five years or so.
It's a good idea just to makesure that things don't build up
and keep recirculating as theairflow is happening in your
home.
So that's sort of what we wouldlike to figure out is hey, are
(13:23):
you breathing poorly becauseyour home itself just needs
cleaned in some ways that maybeyou haven't thought about.
Your home itself just needscleaned in some ways that maybe
you haven't thought about.
Is it because of things thatyou're doing, maybe candles or
incense or something else,causing respiratory issues for
you or someone else in yourfamily?
Or is it things that arebrought into the home, maybe
VOCs from materials or maybesome illness that keeps that
(13:50):
causes you to be sick?
That's another product that airpurification can provide that
helps to break down that stuffwith sanitizers that are safe
for you but will clean up thehome and make it to save for the
whole family very, veryinteresting and deep subject.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Would love to touch base on this again, on air
quality and what we need to doto protect ourselves in a future
episode, if you're cool withthat.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Yeah, I'd like to talk about the different
products and filters and thingslike that that can help with the
home environment.
So, yeah, let's talk about thatnext time.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
All right, man, I look forward to it.
Dan, thanks so much as always.
We appreciate you clearing theair, pun intended.
Appreciate your knowledge andwe'll see you next time on the
mountain.
View your water podcast.
Thanks, skip have a great dayon the.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Mountain View Pure Water Podcast.
Thanks, Skip.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Have a great day.
Thank you for joining us on theMountain View Pure Podcast.
When you're ready to transformyour home's water and air
quality, call or text423-218-9361 for a free in-home
consultation.
For more information, visitmvpwaternet.
Remember, great water is thefoundation of a great life.
Welcome to the Mountain View Pure podcast,
where your journey toexceptional water quality begins
.
Here's your host, dan Toth,owner of Mountain View Pure
Water.
They proudly serve homeownersin the Tri-Cities and beyond,
offering advanced water and airpurification solutions that
support a healthier lifestyle.
The mission is clear helpingyou get great water.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Dan explores what's really floating around in your
home and how to take control ofwhat you're breathing.
Welcome back everybody.
Skip Monaco host slash producer, back in the studio with Dan
Toth, owner of Mountain ViewPure Water.
Dan, how's it going?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Doing all right, skip , how are you today?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Doing fine, doing fine.
You know we've spent a lot oftime in past episodes talking
about your namesake pure waterand how that affects your life
and why you need need good,clean, pure water, but we
haven't touched much on on air,and that's something I know.
That's the service that youguys provide, so maybe today we
(01:12):
talk about indoor aircontaminants.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Talk to us about that well, first let me tell you how
I found out about air qualityproducts.
Before I ever got into watertreatment, I actually sold some
air quality products back when Iwas in my teens, back in 1993,.
I was approached by someone whohad this device that cleaned
(01:34):
the air.
And I lived in New York Stateat the time and it was legal to
smoke in public places, and sowhen I saw this device I was
like wow, this is pretty neat.
It would drop the smoke, smellthe smoke out of the air, you
couldn't see it anymore, and itwould also purify the air by
(01:55):
getting rid of the toxins in theodor.
And it was just completelyamazing to me and I thought that
was great.
And so what I wanted to do is Iwanted to help other people
have great air quality in theirhomes, and so I bought this
package of units and I had topay for it ahead of time, and
then I had to go and sell it.
I realized at that point Iwasn't a really good salesman,
(02:17):
but I did learn that if Ieducate people, they can make a
good decision, and so I've basedall sales that I've done from
that point forward on education.
I like to make sure that peoplehave a really good
understanding of contaminantsand products so that they can
choose what's best for them andtheir family.
(02:37):
And so fast forward to 2016,when I moved here to start up my
own water treatment business.
I had some time in watertreatment previously almost a
decade and I wanted to help theEast Tennessee area with the
(02:59):
water quality here, as my familyand I moved here and we just
love the area.
And as I got started, I wantedto focus on water treatment
because that was the point of mycompany, and so for about five
years I established myself as awater treatment expert and then
I moved into bringing in airquality products to remove the
(03:20):
toxins from the air that webreathe, as well as from the
water.
So that's just a brief historyof why air quality to me is a
really big deal, because Ipersonally don't have any
allergies.
I have no understanding of howbad it is for people who do,
except for every once in a whileif I breathe in too much pollen
it clogs me up.
But having indoor air qualityfixed, removing contaminants is
(03:46):
just a wonderful thing forpeople who have allergies
seasonal, animal or other issuesthat they're breathing in their
environment.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Wow.
Well, let's talk about somecontaminants.
What's the most common aircontaminants that can be found
in a home?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Well, of course, everyone knows about dust, dust
in the home, you know, the humanbody sheds something like a
pound of dust each year, and sowe accumulate a lot of dust in
the home, and a lot of that canbe removed by vacuuming and just
washing your clothes andlaundry, but some of it will
accumulate on floors, you see iton shelves and and also get
(04:29):
picked up in your filter foryour air circulation system, and
so dust is just often dead skin.
Things that feed off of dustare dust mites, and and then,
depending on how clean your homeis, you may have animal dander
(04:49):
same thing, just dust.
If you have animals, you'llhave a lot more hair, and so
those are some of the thingsthat we think about when we
think about contaminants Also.
So there are three differenttypes of indoor air contaminants
.
Okay, there are three differenttypes of indoor air
(05:09):
contaminants.
Okay, so we have allergens andparticulates, which is dust, and
that can be mold, pollen,mildew, fungus, tobacco smoke,
wood smoke If you have a woodburning stove.
Vehicle emissions um, it can bedust mites, pet allergies and
um, an insect, um, debris,debris, things like dead insects
(05:31):
.
So then you have infectiousagents.
So allergens are particulateinfectious agents.
Those are things like what youthink of if we get sick and we
need to stay home from workbacterial infections, strep,
pneumonia, viral infections,influenza, common cold, sars,
(05:53):
covid SARS of any kind.
They're really all the same.
We had a big hysteria duringthe SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and the
reality is that it is alsotreatable with the same devices
that treat other airbornecontaminants and bacteria, and
(06:15):
so we have allergens inparticular.
It's our first category.
Infectious agents is our secondcategory, and then toxic
compounds, and this is the onethat a lot of people are very
affected by but we don'tnecessarily think about in our
homes, especially if you have anew home or freshly painted or
you've gotten some new vinyl orplastic coated anything in the
(06:40):
house.
You'll have formaldehyde, you'llhave the seeds from the off
gassing of those products, youmight have other things like
pesticides come into the houseand also just mold or things
like that in an older home.
So it's really important tomake sure that our, our home air
is filtered regularly and thatthe contaminants that can be
(07:03):
growing are broken down anddestroyed, and the contaminants
that can be growing are brokendown and destroyed and the
contaminants that are gases thatare fumes off of products that
we purchase, that those are alsobroken down and dissipated,
because that's where much of ourdiscomfort breathing issues,
allergies come from those sortsof things in the home, and when
(07:27):
you don't have good air quality,your sleep suffers, your
productivity suffers, justquality of life is less, and so
bringing good air qualityproducts into the home is very
helpful to people who sufferfrom those issues.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Wow, that's a lot.
That's pretty scary actually.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
When you think about it.
What about cleaning products?
I mean, I'm sure that if youdon't have good ventilation,
good air I'm sure thatcontributes as well are not
necessarily our friends.
We make them for the purpose ofcleaning difficult to clean
things, for instance, lysol,chlorine any of the things that
(08:18):
make an aerosol can work.
Things like that can be veryhazardous to our health.
Certain people are moresusceptible to that and
therefore they have a greaterreaction or response physically,
but we all.
It's dangerous to all of us,and so the more we can remove
(08:39):
chemicals from our home, thebetter we are for that.
One of the things that I do withwater treatment and this is
this kind of fits, what we'retalking about, funny enough is,
when I provide water treatment,I also have an option for soaps
and cleaning products thatpeople can get that are they're
(09:00):
plant-based, there's no dyes, noperfumes, they're
hypoallergenic, and without thechemicals in the soaps and
cleaning products you can reallyclean up your home.
All this stuff being sold inthe store.
It has to have chemicals tomake water, to make suds on
non-conditioned water.
It has to have chemicals toclean up the harsh scaling from
(09:25):
soap.
Scum and soap curd on walls andyou know, one of the funny ones
is jet dry.
People use jet dry on theirdishes.
I'm not sure what they thinkhappens to that drying agent
that makes it streak free, butas soon as you use that glass
you're getting some of it inyour water or whatever you're
drinking.
It's just another chemical thatwe use in our homes.
(09:48):
We don't even think about it.
There are a lot of people wholike to use these plug-in
devices that emit scentconstantly.
Other people like to burnincense or something else in the
home.
I mean, you're going to bebreathing the ash, you're going
to be contaminating your airwith any one of those.
Candles are another one.
(10:08):
It's like, yeah, they smellgood and we enjoy that, but
often we're using thosechemicals and devices to clean
the air quality that we didn'tlike already and it's just kind
of adding more stuff to the air.
Wow.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Well, let's say my house is contaminated with all
sorts of nasty things.
What are the first steps that I, as a homeowner, can take to
start purifying the air or goheaded in the right direction?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Yeah.
So since we spend about 90% ofour time indoors, it's really
important to have the airquality improved.
The funny thing is, because ofbuilding standards since the 70s
, our indoor environment nevergets exchanged in most homes.
Some people have an airexchanger on their air
(11:02):
conditioner.
If you're in a public building,it has to have some sort of air
exchanging happening, but wetypically find that indoor air
environment is about 200 to 500times more polluted than outside
, and so if you're concernedabout the outside air in the
neighborhood you live in, thinkabout the indoor air quality as
being two to 500 times worsethan that typically.
(11:25):
So if you find that you haveallergy issues whether it's from
animals, or maybe you'resensitive to certain chemicals,
or you're getting sick often inyour home, you may realize that
there's some issues there.
That you want to clean up theindoor air quality, and that's
probably the first indicator isI'm not comfortable at home, I
(11:49):
don't breathe well, I'm gettingill often.
Those are things that areindicators that you want to get
your air quality checked so stepone, get your air quality
checked yeah, I get your airquality checked.
One of the things that we use,just a simple thing, is air air
particle tester.
So we have this meter that westick in your room and it draws
(12:12):
air through the meter and it,laser, counts the particulate
and so we can see kind of hey,do you have good air?
Do you have poor quality air?
What level of air quality areyou breathing in your home?
And that way we can kind offigure out, hey, as far as
particulate goes and allergens,can we remove some of that to
(12:36):
give you some relief?
Then there's the issue ofinfectious agents and compounds.
If your home is sick, if it hasmycotoxins and mold, mildew, you
know just some different growth, fungus growth or something
like that that can be related tohumidity or just being an old
(13:00):
home that hasn't been cleanedwell, your air duct systems need
to be cleaned as well, probablyevery five years or so.
It's a good idea just to makesure that things don't build up
and keep recirculating as theairflow is happening in your
home.
So that's sort of what we wouldlike to figure out is hey, are
(13:23):
you breathing poorly becauseyour home itself just needs
cleaned in some ways that maybeyou haven't thought about.
Your home itself just needscleaned in some ways that maybe
you haven't thought about.
Is it because of things thatyou're doing, maybe candles or
incense or something else,causing respiratory issues for
you or someone else in yourfamily?
Or is it things that arebrought into the home, maybe
VOCs from materials or maybesome illness that keeps that
(13:50):
causes you to be sick?
That's another product that airpurification can provide that
helps to break down that stuffwith sanitizers that are safe
for you but will clean up thehome and make it to save for the
whole family very, veryinteresting and deep subject.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Would love to touch base on this again, on air
quality and what we need to doto protect ourselves in a future
episode, if you're cool withthat.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Yeah, I'd like to talk about the different
products and filters and thingslike that that can help with the
home environment.
So, yeah, let's talk about thatnext time.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
All right, man, I look forward to it.
Dan, thanks so much as always.
We appreciate you clearing theair, pun intended.
Appreciate your knowledge andwe'll see you next time on the
mountain.
View your water podcast.
Thanks, skip have a great dayon the.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Mountain View Pure Water Podcast.
Thanks, Skip.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Have a great day.
Thank you for joining us on theMountain View Pure Podcast.
When you're ready to transformyour home's water and air
quality, call or text423-218-9361 for a free in-home
consultation.
For more information, visitmvpwaternet.
Remember, great water is thefoundation of a great life.
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CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist
It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.