Learn how poor outdoor and indoor air quality is shaving years off people’s lives and how high efficiency air filters could offer a viable fix to the problem. For weeks, the so-called Camp Fire in Butte County, California, the state’s most destructive and deadliest wildfire in recorded history, blanketed large parts of the Pacific Northwest in a smoky haze. Only this time the haze caused … [Read more...]
What Can an Ancient City Teach Us About Home Air Filters?
Learn why Macedonia is struggling with an outdoor/indoor air quality crisis and why home air filters are needed in cities struggling with air pollution. With a history dating back to 4,000 B.C., Skopje is one of the oldest cities in the world. Today, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia lives on, but it now faces a problem unlike any it has seen before: air pollution. Indeed, Skopje bears … [Read more...]
How Did Air Pollution Become A Public Health Crisis?
Learn why air pollution has grown to become a huge public health crisis and how clean indoor air quality courtesy of home air filters can mitigate the problem. If you thought we had already solved the problem of air pollution with the passing of the Clean Air Act, think again. Air pollution seems to be on the rise, forcing homeowners and families indoors to consider the protection of high … [Read more...]
How Home Air Filters May Decrease the Risk of Autism
New Study on The Link Between Air Pollution and Autism A recent study suggests that improving indoor air quality may decrease the risk of developing autism disorder. Learn how home air filters can help. According to a recent study of children in the Chinese city of Shanghai, exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which refers to particles no larger than 2.5 microns in diameter generated … [Read more...]
What the EPA’s Relaxed Mileage Standards Mean for the Air Purifier Industry
The air purifier industry has an opportunity to increase profits, and it’s handed to them by no less than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency is considering a rollback of vehicle emissions and fuel economy standards implemented under the Obama Administration, which placed the recommended fuel economy at 54.5 miles per gallon until 2025, thereby reducing carbon emissions that … [Read more...]
How to Defend Against Cancer-Causing Gas Found Under Your Home
Growing awareness of the health dangers of radon is one of the many factors driving demand for high-quality, high efficiency air filters. Although we’ve known for years that the air in our homes, offices, commercial spaces, and other high efficiency sites may contain allergens such as dust mites, pollen, mold spores, chemical fumes, and off-gassing from adhesives and machinery, radon has been more … [Read more...]
Are Commercial Air Filtration Systems Effective at Capturing Vehicle Exhaust?
Camfil Commercial Air Filtration News -In enclosed spaces like underground parking lots and vehicle garages, vehicle exhaust fumes pose a real health and safety risk, hence the need for an efficient commercial air filtration system. These ventilation solutions remove exhaust gases from an enclosed area and bring in fresh air from the outside, ensuring that vehicle emissions don’t linger and cause … [Read more...]
How Digital Technology and Industrial Air Filters Can Work Together
The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to air pollution in the world. Despite the amount of air pollution caused by the transportation sector, efforts to reduce emissions from cars have been only marginally successful and in many ways, the landscape of emissions from motor vehicles looks much like it has over the past few decades. Could emerging digital technologies lead to a … [Read more...]
How to Select the Proper Air Filter Efficiencies for Commercial Buildings
Good indoor air quality leads to the better health and productivity of employees and staff. So how can you determine the best air filter efficiencies for commercial buildings? If you are considering the installation or upgrading of an air filtration system in a commercial building, this guide will provide you with the information you need to get started. The decision to install or upgrade … [Read more...]
Living Near an Airport Could Be a Matter Of Life And Death
Studies have found that people living near an airport can experience a higher rate of respiratory problems due to elevated airplane emissions that contain hazardous contaminants. Recent studies have found that living near an airport could be hazardous to your health. One air quality study found that neighborhoods as far as 10 miles away from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are … [Read more...]
