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Improve Indoor Air Quality
Did You Know...
A cubic foot of untreated indoor air can contain up to
20 million particles of pollen, dander, and/or smoke?
Starting with the energy crisis in the 1970s, we began sealing our homes, offices, and other indoor environments to reduce energy consumption. This has worked, except for the fact that most of our indoor environments just re-circulate stale air without ever cleaning it...
Now our homes, apartments, cars, offices, hotel rooms, college dorms, and other indoor environments are filled with things we never want to breathe in.
In 2004 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called indoor air pollution one of the United States' top environmental health concerns. The World Health Organization is investigating air pollution, too. In fact, the World Health Organization states that 40% of all buildings pose a serious threat to health because of poor indoor air quality.
The Three “Hidden” Threats To The Air You Breathe:
1. Particulates: Indoor air contains solid particles and tiny liquid droplets—up to 20 million per cubic foot in untreated rooms. More than 99% can't be seen, and many particles are small enough to enter your lungs.
Pollen, ash, and dust come indoors from the outside. Pets give off dander. Dust mites thrive in mattresses. And cigarette smoke lingers. Second-hand smoke has been identified as a major health risk.
2. Microbials: Microscopically small living health hazards— bacteria, fungi, and mold—thrive in moist indoor environments. Mold grows to some degree in almost every man-made structure. What's worse, mold loves heating and cooling ducts...
Every time someone turns on heat, air-conditioning, or ventilation, a variety of microbes may blow into rooms serviced by the ducts. This happens in cars, trucks, office buildings, and hotels, too.
3. Gases: A variety of gases escape from our carpets, drapes, and furniture. Cleaning products, copy machines, paints, insect spray, hair spray, and insulation emit gases as well. Many are chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are easy to breathe in. We can’t always smell indoor gases—which pose a hidden danger.
Commercial Air Fresheners Don't Improve Indoor Air Quality
Whatever you do, don't plug in those store bought air fresheners thinking they will improve indoor air quality. They actually make the quality of the air worse...
Most household cleaners and air fresheners are made out of chemicals that are extremely harmful for you to breathe in. They may smell like "spring," "rain," or an "autumn breeze," but they are anything but healthy.
Houseplants Improve Indoor Air Quality
Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off pure oxygen so having a healthy plant in each room of your house or office will improve indoor air quality. If you want to improve the smell of your home or office buy real flowers.
The Best Way To Improve Indoor Air Quality
The best way you can improve indoor air quality in your home or office is to have a high quality air purifier that gets rid of the particulates, microbials, and gases that are harmful to breathe. There are many different air purifiers out there...
Some are better than others, but what is important is that you find one that removes the three harmful elements listed above. The size of the air purifier is also something to consider because each square foot of the house, room, or building needs to be treated.
At Diet Health and Fitness we recognize the importance of having clean air in our homes and in our office. We don't want lung cancer, air borne illnesses, or any respiratory ailment for that matter. That is why we make sure that our indoor air quality is as pure as it can be. Shouldn't you too?
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