Why it is important to have your indoor air quality checked for home or office.
In short, it is the key to tracing all indoor pollution problems.
Testing the quality of the indoor air is the key to sourcing most problems within a property.
Mould spore is detected that way, as it is airborne and only settle on walls once established, so you cannot rely on visual sightings, or simple thermal or moisture meters.
Stale air, (yes you can smell that) but you require an air quality test to determine what bacterial gas is polluting the air, only that way can you source and rectify the problem.
Volatile toxics can only be traced by air quality meters.
Toxic Air Pollutants or hazardous, chemical pollutants are substances that can cause cancer, birth defects, or other serious harms. They can be gases, such as hydrogen chloride, benzene and toluene or compounds and metals such as asbestos, cadmium, mercury and chromium. Most homes have some or all of these within the air. Only the best meters will sort this minefield out and of course, knowing how to interpret the information the meter provides.
Offices, gyms, workrooms, in fact anywhere that people gather indoors, there could be a issue with air quality.
Symptoms may include lack of energy, yarning, tired eyes, headaches or sneezing.
We can undertake air quality checks, then take the appropriate action by installing the correct air control units.
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Remember. Airborne spores and poor air quality are dangerous, they are bad for your health, they can make you ill, in serious cases kill.
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Book a free air quality check today
Overview.
We tend to think of air pollution as a risk faced outside, but the air we breathe indoors can also be polluted. Bacteria vapours, mould, household appliances and the chemicals they use, furnishings, air fresheners and cleaners can all affect indoor air quality and our health.
Indoor air quality is a global issue. Both short- and long-term exposure to indoor air pollution can cause a range of health issues, including respiratory diseases, heart disease, cognitive deficits, and cancer. As one prominent example, the World Health Organization estimates 3.8 million people worldwide die every year from illnesses attributable to harmful indoor air from dirty cookstoves and fuel. Certain populations may be affected more than others. Children, older adults, individuals with preexisting conditions.
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Types of Pollutants
Many factors contribute to poor indoor air quality. Indoor air includes pollutants that penetrate from the outdoors, as well as sources that are unique to the indoor environment. These sources involve:
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Human activities within buildings, such as smoking, burning solid fuels, cooking, and cleaning.
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Vapours from building and construction materials, equipment, and furniture.
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Biological contaminants, such as mould, viruses, or allergens.
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Respiratory Disease
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Actions to reduce mould exposure in early life may have long-term health benefits, potentially decreasing prevalence and severity of asthma.
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Amongst populated areas children with asthma who live in homes with high levels of indoor air pollution, those children with sufficient vitamin D levels had fewer symptoms.
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Household air pollution exposure likely affects lung development prenatally. Indoor air pollution exposure during pregnancy was associated with impaired lung function in infants. This altered infant lung function may then increase risk for pneumonia in the first year of life.
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Outdoor air quality can affect indoor air. Air pollution levels have been trending downward over several decades due to air quality-control policies. These improvements in air quality are associated with improved lung development in children.
Cognitive Effects
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Indoor exposures to air pollutants, including particulate matter, allergens, oxides of nitrogen, endotoxin, and mould, have been associated with impaired health and performance in children and adults.
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Taking Action
People spend more time indoors than out, our homes have hermetically sealed doors, window, recirculating cooling and heating systems and more toxic chemicals used in washing and cleaning, all of which produces a cocktail of airborne volatile toxins. This can be further aggravated by high humidity, salt acids and airborne spores.
We provide indoor air quality checks using medical grade meters. Should a problem exist we can trace and rectify the cause and undertake a complete home electronic and wet sterilisation. Make contact to book your free home check.
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