Specializing in Air purifying & odor removal products to ensure your healthy indoor air quality
Indoor Air Quality and Your Health
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 10% of all colds are
caught outdoors, 90% are caught indoors! We’ve all watched helplessly as a
cold virus passed from one member of the family to another. Perhaps you suffer
from asthma or allergies and despite desperate attempts to dust more, keep the
windows closed, clean your bedding, clothing, carpeting and furniture more
frequently, your symptoms still persist.
The EPA tells us that the air inside your home can be up to 70 times
more polluted than the outdoor environment. One reason for this is that the
duct work in your home is full of volatile organic compounds, bioaerosols and
particulates. These microbes are alive and thriving inside your furnace or air
conditioning system. These airborne allergens adversely affect the air quality
in your home as they are blown past the furnace or air conditioning filter and
circulated throughout your home.
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Illnesses Related to Poor Indoor Air
Quality
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Headaches
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Common Cold & Flu
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Fatigue
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Bronchitis
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Eye Irratation
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Sinus Irritation
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Symptoms of Asthma
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Dizziness
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Skin Irriation
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Respiratory Problems
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Nausea
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Measles
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Chicken Pox
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Legionaire's Disease
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Aspergillosis
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Tuberculosis
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85% of Americans Don't Realize The Air In Their
Homes May Be A Health Hazard.
American Lung Association
What Is In Your Indoor Air
Most people take their home's air for granted and assume it is safe, clean and
breathable. According to the American Medical Association, 50% of all illness
is caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air. Today's homes can contain
several Organic contaminants such as bacteria, viruses and mold. Bioaerosols
are airborne products which include micro and macro- organisms, their
fragments, toxins and waste products.
Numerous studies have found high concentrations of such products in both
the air handling equipment and the interiors they serve. All of these
pollutants can make your air quality less than desirable, may even cause
unhealthy effects ranging from allergies to tuberculosis, and are actually the
cause of death to an estimated 8.5 million people annually.
Environmental Protection Agency studies of human exposure to air
pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be 2-5 times, and
occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency web site June, 2002
EPA's Indoor Environments Division has launched a national public
education and prevention program in response to the asthma epidemic in the
United States. The goal of the outreach program is to raise public awareness
of indoor environmental asthma triggers, e.g., secondhand smoke, dust mites.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency web site June, 2002
The EPA has identified indoor air quality as one of the five most urgent
environmental risks to public health.
American Lung Association, Indoor Air Pollution Fact Sheet, April,
1999
Each year more than 50 million Americans suffer from allergic diseases,
costing the healthcare system more than $18 billion, employers high rates of
absenteeism, and children lost time in school. ABC NEWS.com, March 2001
Avoiding allergen exposure in infancy reduces the development of asthma.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, March, 2001
Childhood asthma accounted for 10.1 million days missed from school
annually.
American Lung Association, March, 2002
We offer two very different technologies to combat this ongoing problem of
poor indoor air quality. Indoor air quality and odor control should be a
concern for everyone, and every case is unique. That is why we offer two
different cutting edge technologies that both deliver incredible results.
Please click on either product line to learn more.
Air
Lights Plasma Air Purifiers
T-2:
The next generation light-reactive environment cleaner.
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