A quick look at this handy air pollution ratings map and you’ll be able to see right away how clean the air is in your specific area. If the box nearest you isn’t green on an average daily basis, you’re being exposed to toxic air pollutants.
Even if your area proves to have rather clean air for most or all of the year, you still may need a home air purifier. Take a look at what the EPA says about indoor air quality here.
If you have severe allergies, especially in the spring or fall seasons, you can utilize an air purifying system to rid your home of the pollen causing those itchy eyes and mucous membrane flare-ups.
Having a difficult time keeping your house free of dust? Home air purifiers can also help reduce the amount of dust in the air by trapping it and only allowing clean air to circulate.
Living with a smoker or using a wood burning stove and/or fireplace? Air purifiers work incredibly well filtering out smoke and particles left in the air caused by combustion. We all know how bad second-hand smoke is not only on our health but on our paint, furniture, carpet, walls, etc. Air purifiers won’t allow you to smoke in your home 100% harm free but they will help filter that tainted air a great bit.
We mentioned having a perfectly clean home as a big positive in being air pollutant free. Although having less dust, mold, bacteria, etc in your home definitely help, the methods you use to battle those things may actually create their own air pollution. Just about any cleaning product you use that you can smell will leave the air tainted by harmful chemicals.
Do you use laundry detergent, dish soap, bleach, grout cleaner, window cleaner, spray on deodorant, anything aerosol, etc? All of those things greatly pollute the air you breathe. Keeping your home clean to rid it of air pollution is a bit of a catch 22 and at the end of the day, it’s simply best practice to clean that air and there is no better way than buying and using a good air purifier.
As a final note here, bacteria can easily be found floating around in the air in the average persons home. Investing in a quality air purifier for your home may just be the difference between you staying healthy or coming down with an illness! This may prove especially useful if there are more people than just you in the home. If someone that lives with you gets sick, chances are that the air purifier you’ve bought is your last line of defense from whatever they’ve brought in with them.
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