Category: Articles
When and How to Test Your Indoor Air Quality – A Quick and Easy Guide
By Rachel McLaughlin Testing air quality inside your home can prove to be extremely beneficial to your and your family’s health. Sometimes, air testing is just about peace ...
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Want to Borrow a Home Air Quality Monitor? Check Your Library.
Air pollutants come from a variety of sources outdoors but what many people don’t realize is that pollutants are created inside the home every day. Air contaminants can cause ...
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Why You Shouldn’t Judge an Air Purifier by Its CADR Rating
If you’ve decided to buy a new air purifier, there are a lot of things to consider. One of the many numbers you'll likely see is what's called a Clean Air Delivery Rate ...
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The Cardiovascular Benefits of HEPA Air Purifiers
HEPA filters have grown in popularity in recent years, mostly due to the relief they offer allergy and asthma sufferers. Now, a new study out of Denmark is touting the ...
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What is a HEPA Filter and Why is it All the Rage?
Photo by Roland O'Daniel via Flickr CC License By Rachel McLaughlin High efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters have gained popularity over recent years as one of the ...
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Why You Should Think Twice Next Time You Light a Candle
Many things may come to mind when you think about lighting candles. Romance, love, intimacy, ambiance and…toxins? That’s right; candles may be emitting more than just a soft, ...
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Why Your Office is a Breeding Ground For Bad Air and How to Deal With It
Poor air quality is always in the news. Whether it’s about the depletion of the ozone layer or pollutants in the air, when it comes to air quality in general things seem to be ...
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18 Plants That Purify Indoor Air, In One Picture
Plants were the earth's first air purifiers -- they've been doing the job for millions of years. Whether or not you own an air purifier, a few well-placed plants can do wonders ...
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Five Alternatives to Air Fresheners
By Rachel McLaughlin You can find air fresheners in hundreds of thousands of grocery stores, vehicles and convenience stores all across the country. Air fresheners ...
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4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy an Air Purifier
If you’ve made the choice to buy an air purifier, you may be wondering what to do next. There are a lot of different kinds of purifiers available, and they each work a little ...
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