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Best Air Purifier for Mold Removal, Dust Removal, Pet Dander and Odor Eliminator

May 14th, 2012  
How to Reduce and Eliminate Air Hazards in Your Home Even though ventilating your house will improve the air quality indoors somewhat, a number of air hazards in your home must be addressed in order to breathe in truly healthy, clean air. Many of these hazards are not easy to pinpoint and most go largely overlooked. However, continuous exposure to such pollutants will eventually lead to a number of different health issues for everyone living in your home. You need to take a proactive approach to eliminating as many air hazards in your home as possible to help ward off future health complications. The best way to get rid of the toxins that are filling the air that your family breathes is a quality air purifier. You do not need to buy an air purifier for dust removal, an air purifier for Read more [...]

Mold and Mildew

February 10th, 2012  
The terms mold and mildew actually refer to the same thing. Both refer to a colony of fungus that grows in damp, dark areas. Mildew is usually used when referring to a slimy, flat colony, but this has more to do with amount of moisture in the area than the type of mold. For this reason, a mold air purifier is the same as a mildew air purifier – in both cases, removal of spores from the air is the key element. Molds produce spores as a way to spread. These tiny seeds cannot be seen by the naked eye, except when there are so many they will appear as a smoky cloud. The spores range in size from 1 to 100 microns in size. They are single cells expelled by the colony, usually when conditions for growth change. A colony will grow (often invisibly) until it begins to deplete the available resources Read more [...]

Black mold and green mold

January 4th, 2012  
Perhaps one of the most annoying problems in terms of airborne allergic reactions comes from mold problems that occur when green mold, black mold and other types of mold spores grow on our wood, in basements, and most anywhere else where there's moisture in darkened areas.  Although mold problems seem to be minimal in regards to symptoms and overall health concern, mold growth still remains a huge problem throughout the world, causing anything from mild to serious sneezing, breathing problems, and even death when exposed to black mold for long periods of time.  Mold problems can simply make the air your breathe uncomfortable, and the varying degrees of health issues are gauged by the types of mold you are being exposed to. Black mold, for example, is perhaps the deadliest type of mold known Read more [...]