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Indoor Air Quality Information and Facts:
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65 million people suffer from allergies in the United
States
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29 million people suffer from asthma in the United States.
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50% of illnesses are directly caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air.
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60% of your day-to-day energy comes from the air you breath.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranks Indoor Air Quality as one of the
top environmental issues in the United States.
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Indoor Air has been found to be 100 more times more polluted than outside air
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Three ingredients produce mold and mildew: air, moisture, a host or a matrix.
- S.B.S. stands for Sick Building Syndrome.
- B.R.I. stands for Building Related Illness.
- 30% of commercial buildings suffer from S.B.S. in the United States.
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Our homes are making us sick through airtight construction. We have no
infiltration of outside air or exfiltration of inside air. Thus trapping
contaminants in the home to be inhaled by its occupants.
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Some examples of VOC's are paints, solvents, cleaning supplies, press board,
carpet, adhesives, tobacco, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, benzene, people,
anything that lets off gases.
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10-15% of dust and dirt can actually be seen by the naked eye.
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One ounce of dust can contain as many as 42,000 dust mites.
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Each dust mite can produce up to 20 fecal pellets per day.
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A dust mite is not a parasite, therefore it cannot harm the human body.
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The average family spends $500-$1500 dollars on over the counter and or
prescribed medicine a year.
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Loss of efficiency and poor Indoor Air Quality is the impact causes on a home or
business by leaky air distribution systems.
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Children and people over the age of 62 are particularly affected by poor IAQ.
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Continuous fan or a minimum of 8 hours per day promotes good filtration and air
purification.
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