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Dust MitesSort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - When outfitting or decorating your home, there are sensitive choices you can make if you have asthma.
- How the workings of a vacuum affect how well it cleans and the health of your home.
- Clean clothes and bedding frequently, using gentle, low-odor products.
- If the gift looks or smells moldy or promotes sneezing or other symptoms - send it on to other pastures.
- Asthma is a rapidly growing public health problem. Here are recent facts from the CDC and EPA.
- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has developed the first Asthma Friendly product standards for plush toys, pillows, bedding, flooring, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers.
- While it is clear that some people inherit a genetic predisposition to asthma, the increases in asthma rates are due to environmental, rather than genetic factors.
- Vinyl flooring can certainly outgas (emit) potentially bothersome chemical odors and VOCs, but it also offers a relatively impenetrable, smooth surface—one that’s water-resistant, unable to harbor dust mites, pollen grains, and mold spores, and one that’s easy to sweep and wash clean.
- Particulates are tiny particles often found floating in the air.
- There are several ways to improve the air quality indoors—but all the solutions ideally should to be coupled with better ventilation.
- Removing particles and gases using air cleaners.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions.
- This scientific report shows that, fortunately, many of the interventions to reduce asthma triggers in home environments are relatively simple.
- Knowing what hurts indoor air quality, can help you improve it.
- Dr. Stephen Pretlove, from Kingston University’s (UK) School of Architecture, is one of a group of specialists advising people to leave their beds unmade to banish house dust mites which cause asthma and other allergies.
- You will likely not be sleeping alone tonight.
- Healthier ways to bed down.
- Clean Frequently. Cleaning is an effective health maintenance strategy, and a very cost effective one at that. It\'s true! A clean home is a healthy home.
- National Center for Healthy Housing releases information from asthma study.
- A comprehensive overview of the issues.
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