Air Quality In The Home
Filed Under Decorating Ideas | Posted on February 12, 2008
Recent reports from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health say that air fresheners make it a little harder for you to breathe. In fact, a different study stated that air fresheners could damage your lungs, as one of the chemicals in air fresheners could cause impaired lung function.
For people who eventually find that the air in the home is not pure enough, or does not carry enough oxygen, there are solutions. Machines that can boost a room’s oxygen levels are popular if a person has a serious problem. There are also commercial air refreshers on the market; however it is easy to find free ways to solve the problem.
Throwing open the windows once a day is a healthy option, as long as your windows do not get frozen up for weeks at a time. If you know that your windows will freeze shut, work at keeping just one window available for a fresh air source.
This can be done by opening the window every morning and every night to eliminate build up of frost. This method will stop the small amount of frost that gathers each twelve hours from forming into an ice barrier that you can’t shift (it will also give you a dose of fresh air!).
A bathroom fan will do an adequate job of dispelling most of the humidity after showering; in the same way that a kitchen fan is recommended for removing steam etc.
Having found ways to bring fresh air into our homes, we now want to make it smell nice. BUT NO! We have been informed that air fresheners are also pollutants!
Recent reports from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health say that air fresheners make it a little harder for you to breathe. In fact, a different study stated that air fresheners could damage your lungs, as one of the chemicals in air fresheners could cause impaired lung function.
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