Air purifiers and filters for your home from Allergy Cosmos

I've been reading a brilliant book on, of all topics, house dust! Hannah Holmes "The Secret Life of Dust" raises some questions of importance to those whose asthma is triggered by allergens like house dust mite. We knew that house dust is a complex mixture of particles of both chemical and biological origin, but I had no idea just how mysterious this substance actually is. 

Holmes describes an intriguing complex called 'the personal cloud' which came to light in house dust experiments carried out in the 1990s. A group of 178 participants based in California were wired up to personal dust monitors, which they wore for 12 hours at a time as they carried out their usual activities. The scientists, from the US Environmental Protection Agency, also monitored indoor and outdoor air for dust.  The results showed that the personal dust

Asthma UK has been shortlisted for the Poundland Charity of the Year 2012.  We are of course thrilled and hope that Asthma UK will win, to not only raise vital funds, but also raise awareness of both asthma and Asthma UK! 

It’s now down to you if you would like to help.  If you can, please spare 20 seconds, click on the link below and vote for Asthma UK to win the Poundland Charity of the Year award. Every vote counts so feel free to forward this post to colleagues, customers, friends and anyone else you think will also vote!  

http://www.poundland.co.uk/charity/

Thank you for supporting Asthma UK! 

Why not kick off 2012 with a resolution to improve the quality of your indoor air? Poor indoor air quality is associated with a number of health problems, such as asthma and other allergies, multiple chemical sensitivity, respiratory and heart disease, and lung cancer. We spend most of our time indoors, at home, at school or in the workplace, and are exposed to a wide range of pollutants including allergens, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen dioxide. Trying out our Top Tips will be a very worthwhile investment in terms of your, and your family's, health. 

1. Ventilation. This is a very important thing you can do to improve the quality of air in your home if airborne contamination originated from within your home, and the outside air in the area where you live is relatively clean. So, when did you last open a window? Get into the habit of opening several

There have long been complaints from airline staff about ill health caused by poor cabin air quality. But, according to the Department of Transport cabin air quality is usually lower than the air pollution in office buildings for example. A study by the governments Committee on Toxicity was inconclusive on a link between cabin air quality and pilot health. Since, unless you are a very frequent flyer, the pilot's exposure to cabin air pollution would far outweigh that of the passenger, maybe this is reassuring. There have certainly been very few formal passenger complaints on the impact of cabin air pollution on health – just 244 out of 48,000 complaints in the last ten years, according to the Air Transport Users Council.  

In modern aircraft, your cabin air comes from the environmental control system which

"Dear Lily,

I am writing to compliment you and Allergy Cosmos on your excellent service and products.  

We live in the City of London and were hoping to improve the quality of our air, given the high background pollution levels and our beloved four Burmese cats.  We also have Cystic Fibrosis and Asthma in the family and believed an air purifier would assist us.   

We had an expert indoor air assessment done of our flat, and we were truly shocked by how high the particle count was outside our apartment.  Inside we found the expected high level of larger particles (in our case cat dander and building dust), but outside was a high level of more dangerous small particles (traffic pollution). 

We found your website on the Internet and having researched the options, called you to ask about the Read More

Allergy Cosmos is delighted to receive the 2011 Platinum Award from Janey Lee Grace for the category "THE BEST OF THE BEST IN NATURAL BEAUTY, HEALTH AND WELLBEING." Janey Lee Grace commented on choosing the popular Allersearch ADMS Anti Allergen Dust Spray by saying:

“We love the fact that the ADMS Dust Spray can be used on carpets, furnishings, car interiors et al to neutralise allergens such as pollen, mildew, house dust and dust mite allergens.”  Janey Lee Grace – Imperfectlynatural.com

The Anti Allergen Dust Spray is part of a range of Anti-Allergen products exclusive to Allergy Cosmos.  Allersearch Anti-Allergen Dust Spray is the ideal solution for anyone suffering

If you have asthma or another allergy, there is a wide range of different products that can help with allergy avoidance. Whether it’s a room air purifier, or just an alternative choice when stocking up for a spot of DIY, there’s likely to be something in the shops, or online, that’ll help in your allergy avoidance campaign.

Paint. If you are sensitive to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), then you need to shop for paint with care. Water-based paint, used for walls, and oil-based paint, used more for woodwork, can both contain high concentrations of VOCs which will continue to outgas once the paint has dried. DIY chain B & Q pioneered a ‘Globe’ symbol which all paints sold in its shops must carry. The Globe range goes from ‘minimal’ (0-0.29% VOC) to ‘very high’ (50-100% VOC). There are also paint ranges specially formulated to have no VOC content, such as protein or resin-based paints.

The IQAir HealthPro air purifier was recently named Best Air Purifier Overall by ConsumerSearch.Com, an organisation which analyses expert and user-generated consumer product reviews in order to recommend the best product. This fact alone need not lead you to choose this product if you are looking for an air purifier to help you deal with allergies or chemical sensitivities. But it should remind us of the importance of doing research, and getting questions answered, when investing in products, like air purifiers, which are meant to improve air quality and reduce exposure to allergens and other pollutants. 

Two key questions to think about, when choosing an air purifier, should be:

• What is the technology inside the air purifier ‘black box’ and how does it work?
• What allergens do I want to get rid of?

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