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How to Combat Seasonal Airborne Allergies

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Nothing says spring time like the wonderful symphony of sneezing and coughing that many people will be battling during this time of year. When a person is suffering from frequent sneezing, coughing, and other allergy symptoms that come on very suddenly it will likely be due to the different airborne allergens in the environment that have suddenly entered into the human body. Allergens are fine particles in the air that can easily float throughout an air space and easily enter into the human body through ingestion, inhalation, and skin contact, and after this occurs a bout of symptoms will soon follow causing controversy in a person’s health. What can you do when seasonal allergies strike, and you are unwillingly exposed to allergens in both your outdoor and indoor environment? Seasonal allergies are difficult to combat not only when you come to outdoor environments but also indoor environments, which can easily become contaminated by outdoor allergens that find their way into t...

Activated Carbon vs Charcoal Air Filters: Are They the Same?

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The filters that you use and integrate within your air handling systems inside your home or even free-standing air purifiers in this space are an integral part to providing your home with air pollutant protection in the air of your home. Air filters are designed to be placed within an air quality device to help pull air into the filter and allow for the filter media of the air filter to work to trap pollutants within the material – whichever type of material is used in the specific filter used in this environment. Usually an air filter is a device that is composed of fibrous and porous materials that are used to aid in the capability of the air filter to remove pollutants from the air. Among the different types of air filters and air filter materials/technologies used today, carbon is one of the most popular options due to its known capabilities of removing a variety of pollutants from the air such as chemicals, noxious odors, etc. Carbon air filters are known to be a highly ef...

The Benefits of Particulate Respirator Breathing Mask Use to Human Health

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Stepping outside you may be exposed to a vast number of people that are strapped with breathing masks securely placed on their faces to protect their respiratory system from potentially harmful pollutants in the air. Air particulate respirator breathing masks have become a more prevalently purchased and used form of protection for human health, especially when it comes to the respiratory system and potential pollutants that can be inhaled from different indoor and outdoor environments. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air, and therefore it may be necessary to wear the proper respiratory protection when you are exposed to certain confined indoor space such as airplanes, buses, and buildings. There are a variety of different pollutants that can be found present in the air that you are constantly breathing in such as combustion byproducts, allergens, biological agents, pesticides, lead, asbestos...

How to Hide Weed Smell in Indoor Cannabis Cultivation Facilities

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The idea of growing, cultivating, and bringing to market cannabis crops has become a huge industry throughout the United States, as the continued growth of this market takes place with more commercial businesses providing supply to this booming cannabis industry. Although this industry brings with it many benefits such as large profits and increasing health benefits from these crops – it also will come with disadvantages such as the putrid weed odor that emanate from these larger cultivation facilities. The cannabis crops will contain many growth stages, and during some of these stages it will produce what is known as weed smell into the air space. Depending on how open the environment is to outside environments, along with the ventilation in this space it can flood the entire indoor space of the cannabis grow room and even outside surrounding areas. The production of cannabis odors from commercial cannabis cultivation facilities have been subjected to stringent regulations set...