The scary truth about sleeping in a damp bedroom123rf Check your bedroom for mould, particularly around the windows and curtains. Doctor Caroline Shorter of the Wellington Asthma Research Group studies the link between mouldy homes and asthma. The bathroom has some importance, but the suggestion is that the bedroom and living areas are more important." The most common places her team found bedroom mould was on windows, window sills and curtains. New Zealand has high rates of asthma, with one in nine adults having it compared to one in twenty worldwide.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2018 03:11 UTC