MadSci Network: General Biology
Query:

Re: What proportion of household dust is dead human skin?

Date: Thu Jun 17 23:00:01 1999
Posted By: Eric Maass, MadSci Admin
Area of science: General Biology
ID: 929374560.Gb
Message:

According to the sources I checked, about 80% of household dust is dead human 
skin.

Here are a few websites that discuss this:

Dust Mite Basic Primer

Dust and Dust Mites

House Dust Mite NuFact


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