VOCs

A recent asthma study appeared in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that with various types of pollution exposure over years, asthma can become more and more uncontrolled.
About 500 asthma suffering adults from five French cities provided researchers with their region specific history of respiratory health. The information was organized around exposure levels from three types of air pollution -- ozone (O3), nitrous oxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10).
The study found that asthma suffers, when exposed long-term to higher levels of ozone and particulate matter, are much more likely to experience poorer asthma control. With long-term ozone exposure[...]

Austin Air Purifiers Can Help
You and your daughter go to your local hair salon. What's the problem? You may be at risk because of formaldehyde gas exposure emitted from salon products. Hair salon product manufactures are largely ignoring the problem when there is clear evidence that, when inhaled, this toxic gas can be a danger to hair salon workers and their customers. Sometimes, a very serious danger. How about your daughter's health? New studies are confirming direct links between formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children.
Formaldehyde is found in many, many products that surround us every day and these products are[...]

Aerosols are tiny solid and/or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere from natural and man-made sources. They can be directly emitted into the atmosphere by volcanoes, wind lifting dust, sea spray, and evaporating compounds, to name a few. In fact, an aerosol phenomenon was observed during the Gulf Oil Spill that unlocked a mystery about air pollution. When heavy evaporating oil particles and air combined as a result of sun, wind and wave action, aerosols were created that became the source of long lasting air pollution.
Scientists at the spill noticed that much of the crude oil quickly dissipated by evaporation[...]

Air Purifiers Reduce the Health Risks
Car exhaust and factory smoke can make you sick. These pollutants enter the air and often, become a component of smog. Smog worsens when ethanol-based gasoline is consumed by automobiles. When burned, ethanol exhaust produces volatile organic compound (VOC) gases including formaldehyde. More ethanol use means more pollution! These toxins and factory-emitted air contaminations are not good for our environment and now have been linked to illnesses including Pneumonia. Invest in an air purifier to reduce health risks with quality home air filtration. The best air purifiers are built with activated carbon blends and medical[...]

The HealthMate Plus Air Purifier Reduces Health Risks
When warm air is sitting on cold air, it is called an inversion. Inversions trap high concentrations of pollutants and reduce air quality. To avoid inhaling excessive pollutants, don't exert yourself outdoors. With indoor air contamination levels 3 to 10 times higher that outdoors, use an air purifier. We recommend the HealthMate Plus.
Temperature Inversions
In the winter months, cold air can lay closest to the ground while the warm air is above. This is called a temperature inversion, because normally they are reversed. A dense layer of cold air along with polluting contamination is[...]