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INDOOR AIR FACTS
Information courtesy of the American College of Allergists, Total Health and Better Health Magazines, The American Lung Association, and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
50% of all illness are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air.
One out of six people who suffer from allergies do so because of the direct relationship to the fungi and bacteria in the air duct system.
Legionnairs Disease was spawned in the air conditioning ducts. It killed 29 people in 1976 and at least seven in 1988.
Children are more likely than adults to be affected by polluted indoor air--they breath faster, inhale more air per unit of body weight and are closer to the floor where concentrations are higher.
The elderly, asthmatics, and people with breathing problems, allergies and lung diseases are also likely to be more sensitive to pollutants.
Most people spend 60-90% of theit time indoors.
Indoor air is found to be up to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air.
22,000 BREATHS A DAY!
"A normal healthy adult breaths about 425 cubic feet of air every day. From 40,00 to 70,000 tiny airborne particles contaminate every breath we take, and we take an average of 22,000 breaths a day! Yes, we breath an incredible 32 pounds of dirty, particulate-filled air every 24 hours.
Scientist say as many as 100 million particles of dirt per cubis foot pollute the atmosphere of any typical industrial city. What's more the dirt particles often carry in more serious troublemakers...bacteria, viruses, and allergens that cause many infectious diseases and eye-watering nose-twitching allergies.
The air you breath weighs by pounds and ounces 7 times more than the food you eat. It is contaminated by many kinds of foreign matter, dust, lint, pollens and all sorts of hideous organic materials. Highway dust, fuel offloadings, industrial and commercial pollutants all contribute to the contamination we breath.
Your respiratory system should never be burdened with polluted air any more than your digestive system should be insulted with contaminated food and water."
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