Posted in Air Quality, on February 23, 2018
There are a myriad of pollutants in your home that can impact indoor air quality and cause you discomfort, illness, and even more serious side effects. Having a high indoor air quality is important for your overall health - you only have to look at the literature about smoking to see how something can have a cumulative negative effect.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on February 13, 2018
Winter is tough on your skin, and that seasonal dryness can sometimes be exacerbated by poor indoor air quality. Indoor air pollution and your skin are closely linked, especially in the dryer, colder winter months when we spend more time indoors.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on February 06, 2018
When you’re busy scrubbing your home to a squeaky clean shine, you aren’t necessarily thinking about the cleaning products that impact your indoor air quality. Regular and thorough cleaning is key to overall health and wellness - but you can inadvertently do more harm than good by choosing cleaning products that impact your indoor air quality.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on January 26, 2018
This winter, keep you and your family comfortable and healthy by paying close attention to the winter allergy relief that high indoor air quality can bring you. Air quality isn’t just about the air we breathe outside and during the winter months especially, those of us in the northern hemisphere spend most of our days indoors, whether at the office or at home.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on January 17, 2018
With winter officially arriving on December 21st, the cold months ahead of us can have a direct affect on your indoor air quality. During the winter months we spend more time indoors, so thinking about your indoor environment and the air you breathe can have a huge effect on your health and wellness.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on January 10, 2018
As the mercury drops, we generally spend more of our days curled up indoors to evade bad weather, but poor indoor air quality could be affecting your enjoyment of those quiet winter months. Something that can cause poor indoor air quality is simply raising the heat in your home.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on January 06, 2018
Cold and flu season is already well underway in Toronto and the GTA, but do you know whether you have flu season symptoms or poor indoor air quality symptoms?
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on December 18, 2017
There are over 3 million Canadians who suffer from asthma, a disease doctors describe as a chronic inflammation of the airways. There are many reasons why people experience a flare up of the condition, but many people don’t realize that poor indoor air quality can trigger asthma.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on December 06, 2017
As the nights get longer and the days colder, it’s important to be thinking of your home’s indoor air quality, since you’ll be spending that much more time indoors. One of the things many homeowners don’t realize is that mold often grows better during the winter months, making mold health effects a concern.
Read MorePosted in Air Quality, on November 30, 2017
Understanding how your home works will help you keep your indoor air quality at a high level, and reduce the conditions that cause indoor air quality pollutants to grow or accumulate. A healthy home is not just four walls and a roof, it’s a complex ecosystem with parts that need to work together efficiently in order to perform at their best.
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