Asthma-Proof Your Home: Identify Causes And Prevent Attacks
Breathing is the most natural thing to do. When you focus on your breath during meditation, it can even be relaxing. But for people with asthma, there are times when the act of breathing alone becomes the most difficult task. The people around you – your families and friends – also feel your pain in every breath.
The Deadly Link Between Air Pollution & COVID-19
For the first time in history, the world has been shook by a global outbreak of disease on an unprecedented level. There have been dangerous and deadly outbreaks before, but none of them have gripped the world’s attention the way Covid-19 has. And with all that attention comes a flood of knowledge on the viral […]
How to Prepare Your Home In the Event of an Earthquake
Earthquakes are one of the biggest threats in the natural disaster category. While Mother Nature is fearsome in many forms, earthquakes pose a real danger to life and property, and can a lot of structural damage. In addition, earthquakes pose several indirect threats outside of the damage they can deal to buildings and infrastructure, which […]
Do earthquakes affect indoor air quality?
Earthquakes are bad news with a lot of destructive potential, but people tend to think of them only in terms of property destruction and loss of life. One thing that is often overlooked is the amount of pollution they generate. Earthquakes actually cause a lot of pollution, both for air, soil and water. Understanding the […]
Temperature Affects Us in More Ways than We Think
There’s an invisible culprit inside our homes that affects us in more ways than we think. It is just as important and vital to the creation of a safe and healthy living environment. That culprit is temperature. The effects of temperature on your everyday life are well-documented. Research has shown that temperature has a much […]
A Guide to Protecting Your Home From Dust Storms
It’s 2020, and when we think natural disasters the first thing we think about is the Covid-19 pandemic. Before that, the Australian wildfires. But there’s another potential disaster that you need to be aware of, especially if you want to maintain a healthy, clean breathing environment in your home. It’s the Sahara Dust Cloud. Every […]
Is Pet Dander Endangering Your Health?
Pets are our source of comfort and companionship, but do we realize that our pets are also a source of indoor air pollution? Pet dander is one of the most common triggers for allergy. If you have a pet at home, you may want to consider taking the steps to ensure your air is clean and allergen free.
Your Immune System and the Air you Breathe
Staying at home during quarantine is the big reality of 2020. Amidst concerns of Covid-19, people have been living and staying at home more than they have for years. But staying at home has its disadvantages. Aside from the usual logistics problems with working, shopping for groceries and getting access to services like the barber […]
3 Ways to Measure the Air Quality in your Home
How much do you spend each year in home improvement projects? Thousands? It’s no surprise why we spend so much to make our home beautiful and comfortable. That’s where we live. But how much have you spent in improving the air quality in your home? None? It’s okay. The important thing is that you are […]
9 Biggest Factors Contributing to Air pollution at home
One of the unseen risks that can have a huge impact on the safety of your home is air quality. Home air pollution seems innocuous, but science has shown that nine factors make a huge difference in the quality of your air, and the quality of your lives.