How 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 taking the steps to learn more about Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). You can even give yourself a pat on the back for reading this. 🙂
How Safe Is Your Home Air From Indoor Air Pollution?
At the end of a tiring day, there’s nothing more satisfying than crashing on your couch and putting your feet up. Home is a safe and super comfy place. It’s a haven filled with the people and the things you love. Most times, you want to stay home instead of going out to the dangerous world. Outdoors, there’s a possibility of getting mugged, being in an accident, or inhaling air pollutants, but the truth is our homes can be as dangerous as outside.
4 Reasons Why Children Need To Breathe Clean Air
uHoo can help parents protect their children with a device as small as a coffee cup The need for children to breathe clean air cannot be overemphasized. Simply put, when kids inhale poor quality air, they become more likely to get sick. And while it’s easy to assume that the young ones are breathing clean […]
Is Bad Office Air Quality Making Your Asthma Worse?
Farms, bakeries, and textile factories are work environments that are not so friendly with the lungs. But just because you work in a neat little corner with a computer, doesn’t mean that your lungs are safe.
Fighting the Australian Bushfire Haze
There is a lot of beauty to be found in the land down under, but Australia’s idyllic scenery masks a hidden danger: bushfires. The combination of hot and dry weather along with the El Nino dry season creates a deadly mix, and one that has fires raging across the country. The Threat of Bushfires These […]
A Homeowner’s Guide To Indoor Air Quality
The quality of air that we breathe affects our health either positively or negatively. As we go about our business outdoors, we are exposed to different types of air pollution that is harmful to our health. However, unlike popular belief, the air inside our homes and offices is even more polluted than the outdoors. This […]
4 Little Known Facts About Indoor Air Pollution
You know every corner of your house. You memorize the stain spots on the floor and the walls. But there’s one thing that may have escaped your expert eyes. You may not know it, but the air in your home may hold a few mysteries.
Why does the Netherlands have the highest rate of Child Asthma?
Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses in the world, with over 300 million people worldwide affected by the disease. Once an illness associated with developed nations, asthma is now more prevalent in developing countries, as the air pollution and allergens in these countries affects more people. There is one stark exception to […]
A Parent’s Quick Guide to Understanding Home Air Quality
We’ve all heard about air pollution. It’s awful, it’s everywhere and we try to stay out of it as much as possible. We tell our kids to stay away from the road and smoke-belching vehicles. We visualize air pollution as smoke, smog, and anything that seems to ‘color the air’ outside.
Feeling Sick Lately? Your Air Could Be Your Problem.
You’re feeling under the weather. The onset of a cough or cold signals something’s not right. It could be you’re too stressed out with work, finances and many other things that are running through our minds every single day.