You may constantly hear about new matters that should worry you and your family. Don’t purchase products that has BPA. Stay away from the microwave. Only store your cooking in glass containers, not plastic.
Now your neighbors are telling you about indoor air quality (or IAQ) in Charlotte. You can’t use anything with chemicals to sanitize your home. You should install an air purification system. You need to use essential oils and not air fresheners.
The worries never stop.
So you stop listening to all the noise and just do the best you can. We get it - why stress about one issue if you’re just going to have to constantly worry about everything else?
But, of anything, indoor air quality is definitely an issue you should pay attention to, and here’s why.
It affects your health
We’ve told you how to fight sickness and stay healthy with indoor air quality; and, we’ve shared how to Stop the Sneezes and help alleviate asthma and allergy symptoms with recommendations to improve indoor air quality; we’ve even introduced you to the APCO Whole-House Air Purifier to help keep your indoor air quality supreme. So now, we’ll be frank: bad indoor air quality is bad for your health . We spend an estimated 90% of our life in home and buildings and with indoor air pollutants, including pet dander, dust, fibers, and virus-causing germs, lurking around our homes, it’s crucial to have an air purification system that can purify our air and help fight the germs that cause diseases.
It affects your home
Bad air quality can affect your lungs, but it can also affect the operation of your home. Indoor air with increased levels of impurities lurking around is tougher on your home’s heating and AC system. Impurities clog the parts of the blower system and the home’s air filters more quickly, causing your heating and cooling system to work overtime to keep you comfortable. Your duct system can also become filthy more rapidly, resulting in inefficient airflow.
It affects your workplace
Many studies have proven that poor indoor air quality can have a very real effect on workplace efficiency. Not only can it increase the symptoms of allergies and asthma, but the contaminants put off by copying machines, cleaning supplies, poorly maintained heating and cooling systems, and electrical equipment can cause headaches (even migraines), dripping eyes, and itchy throats. While these symptoms may be temporary, continued exposure to poor indoor air quality (after all, you do spend at least 40 hours a week at the office) can result in skin rashes, respiratory illness, and other chronic ailments. On the more severe side, radon or asbestos coming in through split foundations or ceilings can actually cause cancer and other deadly conditions and an excessive concentration of carbon monoxide can lead to sudden death.
So next time your friend starts telling you about indoor air quality, listen intently because it could be important for your health and for your home. If you are unsure if your home’s indoor air quality is good or bad, call Komfort Air Service Experts for a free in-home analysis and we’ll verify your indoor air quality levels and share whole-home air cleaning plans with you.