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Comparing Carbon Monoxide vs Carbon Dioxide in Indoor Air

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The air inside of your home is often an under assessed component in your home that can collect and accumulate a mix of different chemicals, pollutants, and particles in the air that can all impact the overall indoor air quality within the environment. Overtime, as new things are added into an indoor environment it will lead to the development and entrance of many different pollutants in the air. Airborne pollutants that may be found in a home’s air could include pollutants such as allergens, VOCs, chemical odors, particulate matter, and even gases like carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which can be particularly hazardous when present in the air in elevated concentrations. Carbon emissions that are released into the indoor air of your home can have a significant impact on both the indoor air quality of the environment and the health of those exposed to these emissions within their indoor airspace. It may be surprising to learn of the potentially elevated levels of these gases in...

How to Remove Paint Smell from Fabric

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Home improvement is a constant, never-ending battle for many homeowners – with endless lists of upgrades, fixes, and repairs that need to be regularly conducted to maintain your home’s appearance. Among the list of home renovation projects for most homeowners is the task of painting rooms inside of your home, a daunting task that requires a lot of time, attention, and the use of a lot of laundry care products to remove the unwanted smells and stains of paint on the fabric of your clothing. A fresh coat of paint is one of the least expensive and fastest ways to give your home a fresh, polished look. However, the odors and messes that this project creates can be plentiful and will require the use of many products to help fight the chemical odors from the environment where the paint was applied. Paints contain an amalgam of chemicals within its construction including VOCs that will aid in the smell that is emitted from the paint when it is used within an indoor environment. These ch...

Is Polypropylene Toxic in Rugs and Carpets?

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When you purchase a new rug or new carpeting for your home, often times we are simply oblivious to the construction of these new fabric materials being placed in the sacred area of your home. Rugs and carpeting can sometimes be made using toxic fabrics that are known to produce and release hazardous chemical compounds into the air that can significantly compromise the air quality and even the health of those occupants exposed in the home to these chemicals in the air. There are a variety of materials for consumers to select from when purchasing a rug or selecting new carpeting to have placed in their home, anything from natural fibers to synthetic materials – which most of these synthetic fabrics are made using plastics like nylon and polypropylene. Polypropylene is a synthetic material that is constructed of different chemicals and materials that can be potentially toxic when placed within an indoor environment. This material can be used in many rugs and carpeting and is classif...

Why is Fabric Softener Bad for Clothes?

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Cleaning your laundry will require the use of different essential laundry care items that are purposefully used to attack, and clean clothing and linens placed in your washing machine. From laundry detergent, to freshening beads, to vinegar, bleach, baking soda, or borax, and even the use of fabric softener, all can be added products that you use in your washing cycle regularly. However, when it comes to the increasing use of products in your washing cycle, the more problems you may come across when it comes to cleaning and deodorizing your washable fabrics. These problems can include odor problems, deterioration of clothing, and even an impact on your washing machine after long-term use of these laundry care products in each wash cycle. Fabric softener, in particular, is a laundry care product that is known for its adverse effects on clothing fabrics and even its impact on your washing machine. This laundry care item has been used since the 1900’s and is utilized for its ability...