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Indoor Air Quality Experts
Wildfires And Your Indoor Air Quality
The impact smoke can have on the quality of the air in your home can be quite detrimental to your health. Without sufficient filtration of the air, dangerous outdoor air can quickly become dangerous indoor air. Wildfire smoke releases contaminants, including particulate matter, carbon monoxide, ozone-forming chemicals, and other volatile organic compounds. These can all [...]
Posted in Fires
Healthy Homes Have Great Indoor Air
The quality of your indoor air is a very important factor in the overall health of your home. If you have that musty smell in your home then the air quality is most likely not great. Moisture problems, poor ventilation and contaminants can increase your risk of health problems from allergies and asthma to headaches, [...]
Posted in Indoor Air Quality
NADCA: The National Air Duct Cleaners Association
What and Who is NADCA – National Air Duct Cleaners Association?! The National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) was formed in 1989 as a non-profit association of companies working in the cleaning of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. Its mission was to promote source removal as the only acceptable method of cleaning and [...]
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Carpets: Indoor Air Pollution Traps
If you are a regular reader of our blog then you already know that indoor air can be much more polluted than outdoor, and because we spent most of our time indoors, we need to do what we can to ensure the air we breathe inside is the cleanest it can be. The air that [...]
Posted in Carpet and Indoor
Asthma, Children and Your Home
Less than 50 percent of asthmatic children control their symptoms, despite the available treatments. This is according to Prof. Nikos Papadopoulos, EAACI Secretary General and Pediatric Asthma ICON Chair. A chronic disease, pediatric asthma requires chronic treatment. Many asthmatic cases occur in developing countries where home conditions are substandard with poor medical care and education. [...]
Second-Hand Smoke
Indoor Air Quality In Canada, we spend much of our time indoors and therefore we are becoming aware of the harmful effects of indoor air pollution on our health. Poor indoor ventilation allows pollution to accumulate and sometimes reach higher concentrations than outside. This is why it is so important to know ways to better [...]
Posted in Second-Hand Smoke
UPDATE #3: Chirp Chirp!!!! What Is In Your Dryer Vent???
Another update of the PURAIR® Chicks!! They are doing great! They have food all over their feathers because Nikki has started feeding them more solid foods and she hasn’t had a chance to wash them. Such messy little birds! They are trying to fly and starting to explore and flap their wings. So very cute! [...]
Posted in Dryer Vent Cleaning
UPDATE: Chirp Chirp!!!! What Is In Your Dryer Vent???
You may remember my post about these little guys that were found in a dryer vent in Penticton. We just received some new pictures from Nikki at the SPCA in Penticton. The baby swallows are doing great and growing!!! They are starting to grow black feathers and look more bird-like. Their eyes are starting to open. [...]
Posted in Dryer Vent Cleaning
Off Gassing
What is that??!! Well, off gassing is the evaporation of volatile chemicals in non-metallic materials at normal atmospheric pressure. In other words, building materials can release chemicals into the air through evaporation. This can go on for years, even after the products are initially installed into your home. This means you will continue to breathe [...]
Posted in Indoor Air Quality, Product Emissions
Stay Cool This Summer And Save Money
Once the warm weather hits, the hum of air conditioners will fill the air. If you are like myself then any way to save money on your utility bills will put as big a smile on your face as the hot summer weather does! A few easy and simple things you can do to conserve [...]
Posted in Air Conditioner
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