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Are Dryer Sheets Bad for Clothes?

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When it comes time to doing your laundry, each and every one of us have our own go-to laundry care products that we use religiously every time we do the laundry. Whether that be a favored laundry detergent, fabric softener, or even a go-to dryer sheet that is placed in every drying load you do in your home. Clothing dryer sheets are among one of the more popular laundry care items that people use to do their laundry, as it can provide various benefits to your clothing like softening the fabric and reducing electric static on the material. However, although this laundry care product provides benefits to the clothing material it can also stir up and present many cons to the clothing material, the dryer, and even impact human health by sparking allergies/asthma in some cases. Laundry dryer sheets are composed of different types of chemicals and these chemicals can be potentially hazardous to your clothing and even to the health of those that are wearing the clothes on their body for...

Everything to Know About Dust and Dander Allergies

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Have you ever conducted the white finger glove test to your home to determine if your deep cleanings are really doing the job to remove those pesky and irritating dust and dander allergens that can collect and accumulate on the surfaces in this environment? It may seem like you just cleaned only to find more and more traces of these allergens developing within your home, and they can even lead to the exacerbation of many health conditions in those occupants exposed to them in the airspace, especially those who suffer from allergies to these common household allergens. The composition behind dust and dander are fine particles that when inhaled or ingested into the human body will begin to trigger an allergic response within the immune system, which identifies the allergens as a foreign invader inside the body triggering the known health responses of an allergy attack. Dust and dander allergies are two of the most common allergies that many people experience and deal with inside o...

Weed Odor Guide: How to Get Rid of Weed Smell

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The indisputable aroma of weed can leave a lasting mark on your environment, soaking into any and every object within its path to brand its scent into the item for an ambiguous amount of time. Smoking indoors will present an array of odor problems, due to the strength of the weed odor and the difficulty in which most individuals will experience in trying to expel this aroma from their personal items and environment(s). Whether the smell of weed contaminates your clothing and skin, your car, or even within the indoor space of your home, the removal process for the surfaces and items in your home of weed smell will require time, energy and an effective odor elimination technology that works on a variety of compounds and odors – even the strongest aromas like marijuana! In this article we are going to discuss the impact that weed smell can have on any indoor environments, learn why weed produces this putrid aroma and understand the key methods to utilize to expel the smell of weed f...

Is Black Mold Dangerous Indoors?

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Have you been inundated with ominous and threatening information about the many dangers and hazards produced from toxic black mold when found growing within an indoor personal environment? Most of the info gathered and published today about stachybotrys chartarum, aka black mold, is pack full of daunting health risks and adverse impacts to the environment’s air quality in which this form of mold is found growing and thriving. Although this form of mold does produce potentially toxic pollutants into the environment that can disrupt both the health of those exposed to the mold and the IAQ in this indoor space, there is a lot of misinformation regarding these issues elicited by black mold. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , the coined term for Black Mold, “toxic black mold” is an inaccurate depiction of this mold species. While certain mold species, like stachybotrys chartarum are toxigenic where they can produce toxins into the environment, the mold...