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  We hear a lot these days about particles, particles sizes and microns. This can be confusing and there appears to be quite a bit of misinformation out there online. So here we will try to simply What Dust Particles Are In Indoor Air and what it all means. First of all, your indoor air or the air that your breathe in your home, office, car, restaurant, etc. always has dust or particles that are airborne. Even outdoors you will be inhaling particles. A particle is anything that has mass. So its not a gas. Particles are measured usually in microns. 1 micron is 1:1 millionth of a meter. Still confused? A human hair is roughly 50-75 microns in size. have a look at the graphic in this blog. Filters are usually rated in how effective they are in capturing certain particle sizes. HEPA air purifiers or HEPA air filters are rated to capture any particle that is sized 0.3 microns or bigger. A HEPA filter needs to be able to capture 99.97% of particles at this size or bigger to be rated a true H

  We were just featured on CBC’s Marketplace on Friday  in one of their stories about portable air purifiers and indoor air quality testing. We have been on CBC Marketplace several times over the past decade and always enjoy working with them. We have been inundated with calls about this story and how people should judge or pick an air purifier or HEPA filter. Although CBC was fairly thorough in their analysis on filter capacity, we do feel that they didn’t quite show the full picture and may have missed the mark on filter effectiveness in this story. This is how air purifiers should be rated (portable, central, MERV rated and HEPA). Cost: The first part of any indoor air quality device should be benefit not price. We realize in tough times it may be appealing to look at affordability…however your lungs only care about performance…not what you spent or saved.   Obviously you don’t want to over spend but in most cases, the cheaper the filter product, the cheaper its parts and its constr

  Mould In Your Cold Room Can Affect Indoor Air Quality In Your Home Toronto and the GTA has experienced the coldest temperatures so far this year. Cold outdoor temperatures or outdoor conditions that are well below freezing can lead to indoor air quality and mould growth issues. The area of your home that can be most affected in your basement and specifically your Cold Room, Cellar or Cantina. Which ever term you use…it’s the room usually under the entrance of your home. Your cold room can affect your indoor air quality of your home. The issue with the Cold Room is the potential for mould growth. Mould an grow in the cold room and affect not only the indoor air quality of your home…but also the entire home. Condensation leading to mould growth in your cold room can cause poor i ndoor air quality. In winter warm and relatively more moist air than outdoors can enter your cold room. Your cold room is by nature…cold! Warm and humid air turn to condensation as soon as it hits a cold surfac

  Why Test Your Indoor Air? If you haven’t had an indoor air quality assessment or indoor air test done in your home, you should consider these Ten Reasons You Should Test Your Indoor Air. Regular indoor air quality testing can show you the status of your home or office and the air that you are breathing. Air quality testing can determine if you have good indoor air quality or poor indoor air quality testing toronto . An air test can also provide valuable information on the health of your home and the effect on the health of everyone in the home or office. Think of it as a physical for your home. You can’t address indoor air quality issues if you don’t know what the problem is.  Any home can be a healthy home…you just need to know where to start. Top Ten Reasons To Test Indoor Air Quality: An air test can show you if you have existing air quality problems Air testing can prevent allergic reactions Indoor air quality assessments can increase the value of your home You can actually save