Health Matters

Is there an indoor air pollution-solution? Education is the first step in prevention of toxic air in our homes, offices and places to eat.

This video has some neat tips for health:

Indoor Air Pollution Video Project

Quick vid about air pollution

Many scientists and doctors are linking the dramatic rise in the number of children with asthma and learning disabilities such as ADD, ADHD and Autism, with an increased exposure in both the children, and their mothers, to high-chemical, highly toxic, common household cleaning products, chemical food additives and food coloring.

* The U.S. is home to over 6.8 million accidental poisonings every year.
* The average U.S. household consumes around 2.5 gallons of deadly chemicals and toxic products each year!
* The EPA reports that common house cleaners contain toxins that increase the likelihood of cancer by three times.
* One hundred fifty of the chemicals in cleaning products have been linked to allergic reactions, birth trauma and defects, cancer, as well as mental health disturbances.
* Since the early 1970′s, the incidence of cancer has continued to increase yearly. Babies and children are particularly vulnerable to the diseases related to toxic chemicals, with brain cancer up 40% since the 1980′s. Many scientists correlate this fact to the exponential increase in toxic chemical use.

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www.safetyinstruction.com The SafetyInstruction.com “Indoor Air Quality” Regulatory Compliance Kit shows employees the potentially harmful effects of poor air quality, and will help them prevent, identify and correct air quality problems. It is all around us, and we breathe it every day to stay alive. But how “clean” is the air that we breathe? While we know that it contains oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen, there may be other substances in the air around us that we do not know about… such as …

Pay attention to your health, you will be able to detect several toxins in your environments. Headaches, lots of colds and flu, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing are a few symptoms of toxic and are indoor air pollution and I certainly would suggest adding an air purification system in your places of toxicity. It’s amazing what a small air purification system with a HEPA filter to remove toxins, dust mites, allergens, smoke and smells from cooking from the air for a cleaner air.