News — indoor air quality

Smoke whether it rises from your fireplace or cigarette smoking, its long existence in your home results in the worst odor. A similar stuffy smell is also common in your car if you are a regular cigarette smoker. Slowly this odor gets impregnated into your fibers of upholstery, carpet, and clothing. At home, it is important to take care of the fireplace and ensure that it is working properly and does not produce unnecessary smoke. But if you find signs of the unusual odor of smoke in your home then the following are some tips that help in neutralizing it. Get...

Dust mites are small creatures that are commonly found in places such as carpets, upholstered furniture, curtains, and beddings. There are so tiny that it is impossible to see them without a magnifying glass or microscope.  They have eight legs and belong to the family of spiders. Dust mites are known to be triggering allergies and asthma throughout the year. Some of the common symptoms of dust mite allergies are sneezing, runny nose, itchy nose, cough, watery eyes, nasal congestion, and facial pressure and pain. Asthma, flu-like symptoms, rashes, trouble sleeping, and chest pain are other significant symptoms of dust mite presence...

Knowing how to improve the indoor air quality of the home can protect your family’s health and help you spend less time cleaning. However, most of us take indoor air quality for granted as we believe that the walls and windows will keep the dust and smog out of our homes. But that’s seldom enough, and we need more for improving the indoor air quality of the house as your family’s health depends on it. Sources of indoor air pollution Over and above the obvious things such as tobacco and smoke or the unventilated chimneys, there are other less obvious...

With winter fast approaching, most people tend to get sick more in this season. While there are a number of issues that can contribute to one falling sick, however many people tend to spend a lot of their free time indoors in the winter. Since most people will never open a window in the season to allow fresh air in, the indoor air tends to become stuffy and is contaminated with microscopic bacteria and microorganisms. This is what gets most people sick. Since the air re-circulated throughout all the rooms in your home by the air conditioner. It might be...