Discover and Control Health Hazards in Your Home
Breathing is a fundamental for live. And breathing clean air supports life. It’s imperative to know what type of air you are breathing and how to make it clean if you need to.
The Air Quality Index, AQI, is a means to measure and report the air quality. There are five major pollutants that compose the AQI: (1) Ground Level Ozone, (2) Particulate Pollution, (3) Carbon Monoxide, (4) Sulfur Dioxide, and (5) Nitrogen Dioxide. From this mixture of pollutants, the AQI is divided into six categories providing you …
Wildfire smoke consists of particulates in the air that are a principle health threat from short-term and longer-term exposure. The smoke has a complex mixture of pollutants that can lead to a variety of health effects ranging from minor eye and respiratory tract irritation to more serious conditions such as worsening an asthma condition and …
Particulate matter is a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air. Some particulates are visible such as dust, dirt, soot or smoke. Other particulates can only be seen through an electron microscope. For example, a human hair is about 70 microns in diameter, particulate matter can be 2.5 microns and smaller. …
You are surrounded by an array of hazards in the air you breath and may not even know it. Day in and day out, you breath non-stop from birth until death, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Breathing clean air is vital to your health. Your physical body is capable of capturing some …
There has been lot’s of discussion regarding face masks during the COVID event, particularly the question, “Can I wear my COVID Cloth Mask to remove particulates while indoors or outdoors?” The National Library of Medicine conducted research in August, 2016, evaluating the efficacy of cloth face masks in reducing particulate matter exposure. They determined that …
Typically, we revert to smell, if it smells bad then the air may be considered bad or contaminated. However, many contaminates that may be in the air do not produce an odor, you simply do not smell them. They are unseen and can become a silent killer. So, it’s important to do what we can …