In a closed building, without ozone, bacteria runs rampant; mold spores and mildew grow in all nooks and crannies; pet odors permeate the drapes and furniture; toxins in cigarette smoke invade our lungs — and more! Viruses and bacteria find their way into our body either orally, by inhalation, or by penetrating through the skin and mucous membranes.

Here Are Some Additional Air Facts

•  We breathe approximately 16,000 quarts of air per day.

•  How often have you heard of businesses, schools, factories, etc., being temporarily vacated — sometimes for days or weeks — because of irritating, unknown odors or unexplained sicknesses?

•  An EPA study revealed that in a typical day of indoor living, both in an office building and home combined, people breathed in 2 - 5 times as much hazardous chemicals as they would have if they had sat in a back yard within one mile of a known source of heavy industrial air pollution.

•  Indoor air pollution has a wide scope of symptoms, which generally include the following: headaches, fatigue, eye irritations, asthma attacks, breathing problems, dizziness, memory loss, depression, irritability, skin irritations, sinus infections, colds, flu, and viruses.

•  Levels of pollutants from an individual source may not be a problem in and of themselves, but their cumulative effects can be considered extremely serious.

•  Pollutants can become trapped in carpets, draperies and other surfaces, then released into the air at a later time.

•  The World Health Organization notes that 40% of all buildings pose serious health hazards to occupants.

•  OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) can enter a work place, shut down operations, and fine the business for unsafe air quality.

•  Air filters that can be found in nearly every commercial building, including hospitals, are only a partial solution to maintaining clean air standards. It is nearly impossible to draw all of the air in any building through a filter system. Filters also do little to kill germs and viruses, nor do they remove the microscopic pollutants responsible for 90% of all respiratory ailments.

•  Many viruses, bacteria, smoke, dust, and pollens are so small they can get through even the best filtration system. Some of these contaminants are as small as .001 microns. A good HEPA filtration system can capture particles as small as .03 microns — anything smaller will simply pass through.

•  Most airborne dust that enters your home stays inside. A single ounce of dust can contain 40,000 living dust mites — each mite expelling about 20 fecal pellets per day into the air that you breathe!