| Considerations For Your Health | | | | Troubles With Upstairs |
| Why all the hype about air purifiers? After all, we | | | | Upstairs, just the opposite occurs. The air above |
| only breathe 12-14 times a minute, and air only | | | | ground level can be extremely dry, especially in |
| makes it as far as our lungs except for things like | | | | winter months. You can either get used to |
| Radon, viruses, and perhaps the occasional | | | | zapping everyone you meet with static electricity |
| smallpox terrorist attack. So who needs an air | | | | or you can purchase a humidifier to add moisture |
| purifier? | | | | back to the air. |
| Levels of contaminants in the air increase every | | | | Again, radon is still in the air. You really need an air |
| year both inside and outside the home. Every | | | | purifier. Nonetheless, neither the dehumidifier nor |
| year more people who have been taking | | | | the humidifier will touch the problem of mold |
| breathing for granted seem to want to breathe | | | | spores and radon upstairs. A humidifier or |
| something a little less toxic. An air purifier eases | | | | dehumidifier can add or reduce moisture, but they |
| your breathing and your mind. | | | | cannot take care of radon. |
| Reaction to Weather | | | | You cannot smell or see radon. It's a silent killer. |
| No doubt you hear "Vermont" and think clean | | | | For this most important issue, you need to look |
| mountain air. Guess again! Vermont has many | | | | into an air purifier. |
| issues that require an air purifier. Perhaps more so | | | | Looking for Signs |
| due to the extreme weather conditions the area | | | | Sure, it sounds hard. How do you know if an air |
| faces. It can be sixty degrees one day and five | | | | purifier is really the appliance you need? It's |
| below the next. | | | | actually quite simple. Look around your house. Do |
| Three systems become important: air purifier | | | | you fight mildew battles from time to time? Is |
| systems, humidifier systems, and dehumidifier | | | | dusting a daily routine? Do your windows steam |
| systems. | | | | up frequently when you cook or when the |
| Problems with Basements | | | | shower has been on? Do you have mushrooms |
| One thing most Vermont homes have that | | | | growing in your basement despite your use of a |
| southerners may not be used to is a basement. | | | | dehumidifier? |
| A basement can host a multitude of mold spores, | | | | These are all critical warning signs. |
| mildew spores, and even radon. All three of which | | | | Radon Is Another Issue |
| can cause health problems. | | | | You should start by contacting the state. They |
| Radon is a radioactive gas found in the earth that | | | | have many brochures on air purifier systems. |
| can cause lung cancer. In order to get rid of | | | | They also offer free radon test kits. In six |
| radon, you need a top-notch air purifier system. | | | | months time, you will know if you are at risk for |
| And the presence of radon should send you | | | | radon. Once you know for sure, you will know |
| searching for the right air cleaners. | | | | how much of an air purifier system you need to |
| In a typical Vermont home, you have the | | | | purchase. Once you know, an air purifier should be |
| basement where the laundry room is located. You | | | | your next step. You may just need an air purifier |
| know how much time you can spend doing | | | | for mold and mildew spores. You also might be |
| laundry on a weekly basis. All the time you are | | | | one of the few who need something capable of |
| down there, you are breathing in these molds and | | | | removing radon as well. Either way, your health is |
| possibly radon gases. | | | | worth it! |
| Basements can be very damp year round. | | | | This article is a copyrighted work and does not |
| Controlling your air quality is essential. A | | | | come with reprint or resale rights and may not be |
| dehumidifier can help take the excess moisture | | | | altered or changed in any way including the |
| out of the air, which will reduce some molds and | | | | resource box. The site owner acknowledges that |
| mildews, but a dehumidifier will not help with | | | | by using this article they accept this condition. The |
| radon. | | | | only exception being to bold the appropriate copy |
| This leaves you needing a humidifier or air purifier. | | | | i.e. headlines and subhead text. |