Indoor Air
Quality - What You Should Know
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Based on studies by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), billions
of dollars are spent annually for medication to help Americans breathe
or cure their respiratory illnesses. Eleven million Americans have
asthma. Twenty-eight million have hay fever and other allergies.
Physicians are now discovering that the solution to the problems of many
of these people is not in medicine but in reducing the pollutants in the
air they breathe.
Every year at least 6,000 new chemical compounds are developed. Many
are used indoors every day, at home and at work.
Add to these pollutants the mold, mildew, bacteria, viruses,
tobacco smoke, grease, pollen, dirt, asbestos, lead and numerous other
contaminants that can affect our breathing and our health.
Then allow them to circulate in today’s nearly airtight indoor
environment. No wonder our
indoor air is, on average, two to ten times as polluted as the worst
outdoor air.
Viruses and bacteria that thrive in the ducts, coils, and recesses of
building ventilation systems have
been proven to cause ailments ranging from influenza to tuberculosis. Some
HVAC systems have been found to contain up to 27 species of fungi.
Based on information given at the First Annual Air Quality convention
sponsored by EPA, April 1992, Tampa, Florida:
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40% of all buildings pose a serious health hazard due
to indoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organization.
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EPA estimates an 18% annual production loss to
American business due to poor indoor air quality.
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20% of all employees have a major illness related
to indoor air pollution such as allergies, asthma, auto-immune diseases,
etc.
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EPA says high levels of formaldehyde cause cancer
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Scientists now recognize that pollutants, even at acceptable
concentration, combined together in an indoor environment have a
synergistic negative effect.
Negative Ions
Pollutants and Health
Ionization or negative ion generation is often referred to as the
“thunderstorm effect”. It
is well known that prior to a thunderstorm, animals and even many humans
feel nervous, jittery and irritable; however, after the storm there
seems to be a feeling of calm. Both
animals and humans experience this phenomena. Most
people can not explain this renewed sense of well-being.
However,
there is a logical explanation. All
of this is due to the amount of negative ions in the air around us.
Prior to a thunderstorm there is a very high concentration of
positive ions in the air. These
tend to be pollutants such as dust, bacteria, pollen, chemicals, etc.
The storm releases electrical discharges consisting of high
concentrations of negative ions. Negative
ions destroy many of these air pollutants and, therefore, give us a
sense of well being. When
relatively too many positive ions are present in the air before a storm,
the positive charge is transferred in the air you breathe from your
lungs to the blood, causing the blood platelets to release a hormone
that quite strongly affects your moods, your joints, and other
physiological functions in your body.
Ions are floating in the air around us all the time and have either
negative or positive charges on them. Changes
in their concentration, or in the ratio of positively to negatively
charged molecules can have remarkable effects on plants and animals. It
is known in science that ion depletion is the source of a wide range of
human health problems, both mental and physical. Air
ions are important to you because if there are a high proportion of
negative ions you will feel lively, uplifted, and enthusiastic. Too
many positive ions will have you feeling depressed, lethargic and full
of aches, pains and complaints. In
general, exposure to negatively ionized air has been shown to increase
oxygenation of the lungs, vital capacity, and ciliary activity.
All types of beneficial responses take place as a result of these
friendly ions.
Fortunately through modern technology it is possible to control the
electrical state of our indoor environments by generating negative ions
back in the air.
These negative ions attach themselves to airborne toxins and drop
them to a surface. Ions
basically take out the larger pollutants in the air. For
example, ozone will take the smell of smoke out of the room and
neutralize the chemicals, but will not remove the smoke itself. Negative
ions take the smoke out.
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and testimonials for more information on the
many benefits of using Pentex™ negative ionizers.
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