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Air Pollution and Allergies
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If
you're seeking refuge from the outdoor pollutants and
allergy "triggers," take note: your
indoor air can be up to 20 times more polluted! And 99% of
that is invisible. But's
not hard to keep your indoor air clean if you take a few
simple steps.
Don't be so quick to blame the dog. Although animal dander
can pollute indoor air, it is accompanied by dust, pollen,
mold, tobacco smoke, chemicals from dry cleaned goods,
woodstove smoke, aerosol sprays, bacteria, viruses,
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| Indoor air can make life miserable for those with allergies.
Bacteria and viruses promote disease. Noxious gases
constrict air passages and irritate lungs. The costs of
these allergies are enormous. Today 18-20 percent of all
children have significant allergic diseases.
Air cleaners, both electronic and mechanical, can significantly
reduce the amount of of dust and indoor air pollutants,
including airborne allergens, present in almost every home.
And all of us, whether we have allergies or not, can breathe
easier with cleaner indoor air. It's the way our homes
should be.
Honeywell conducted a survey of 1,400 people who had lived
with the air cleaner for at least ten months. The results
were impressive.
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Four
out of every five respondents found additional relief
with an electronic air cleaner.
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Of
those, 85% said they were able to sleep better.
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28%
said they had more energy.
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28%
felt more physically active.
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23%
said they missed fewer days of work or school.
Respondents
also felt relief from those "classic"
symptoms such as:
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The relief felt was so great that among survey respondents
taking medication for allergies, about 70 percent said that
they were able to reduce (and for some eliminate) their
medications after the EAC was installed. That's significant because
Americans are estimated to spend over $2 billion each year on
over-the-counter medications alone for allergy and
asthma. Help your family breathe easier with a
electronic, mechanical, or a portable room air cleaner.
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