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What’s the difference between coarse and fine particle pollution?
Particle pollution is a broad term that describes a complex mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets suspended in the air. Also called particulate matter (PM), this class of pollutants includes inorganic compounds, organic chemicals, metals, dust and soil particles, mold spores, pollen, and other biological materials—basically, anything that’s small and light enough to float.
PECO v. PCO Air Purifiers: How are they different?
Here's how Photo Electrochemical Oxidation (PECO), the proprietary tech inside the Molekule air purifier, compares with PCO- type air cleaner technology.
An Interview with Michael Rubino, The Mold Medic
Michael Rubino, the Mold Medic, doesn’t just know how to remediate mold, he’s a mold expert who has helped thousands of people with their indoor mold problems. During Mold Awareness Month, Molekule is partnering with Michael to spread the message that mold is serious but treatable and preventable.
How to Protect Your Skin From Pollution
Your skin is an adaptive whole-body protection organ that is constantly fending off attacks from all angles. But as we age, our skin will inevitably start to break down both for natural intrinsic reasons and environmental extrinsic reasons. Aging from outside and from within have been found to be tightly linked to oxidative stress, which is chemical stress on your body’s tissues. This stress ages your skin in many ways, including increasing inflammation, slowing healing, and causing cancer.
The Cost of Bad Office Air Quality
As of September 2022, office attendance is hovering around half of what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic. This has been met with mixed reactions from workers and employers alike, with a trend toward workers wanting to remain at home and bosses wanting them back in person.
The best indoor air for learning
The best indoor environment for studying is free from distraction. A recent review article that examined 21 studies on how both students and teachers get distracted, found that “neutral” levels of noise, temperature, lighting, and carbon dioxide were best for learning.
3 new ways indoor air quality can impact wellness in the kitchen and beyond
We have known for thousands of years that not only is smoke unhealthy, there is a lot more of it in cities where more people are cooking and keeping warm. Even Ancient Rome was infamous for its large clouds of noxious industrial pollution. But it wasn’t until thousands of people were literally suffocated by the pollution on the streets of London one week in 1952 that scientists, researchers, and governments started dedicated resources to studying and solving the impact of air pollution on peo...
Do air purifiers remove carbon dioxide?
No. They do not remove carbon dioxide (CO2). Almost all air purifiers are designed to capture some combination of particles and toxic gasses, but CO2 can’t be captured by the same filters that capture other gaseous air pollution. Only ventilation removes CO2.
Sleep Hygiene: How environment and air quality impact sleep health
While some of us suffer from chronic sleep problems, everyone has had trouble sleeping. Fortunately there are professionals who dedicate careers to helping people learn all the ways they can sleep better and feel better. Experts like Dr. Breus, also known as The Sleep Doctor, recommend several different steps for optimal sleep hygiene.
Home Improvement Interior Design Ideas with Bobby Berk
We have already talked about how to turn your home into a sanctuary in our previous post with Bobby Berk. This time we want to talk about a few ways to make simple but impactful changes in your home. Color and light are very important to consider during home improvements, but this time we want to plan even more specific methods of making your home feel just right.
Is the N95 Face Mask the Best Solution for Wildfire Smoke?
Many parts of California are experiencing dangerous air quality because of wildfire smoke. There are several types of personal protection for our lungs during extreme air events. When you go outside during a local wildfire or other extreme air event, you see people with many different solutions to the dirty air, from bandanas to full-face gas masks to the ubiquitous N95 hardware store mask.
What Does Ozone Smell Like?
Ozone in the stratosphere protects us from the sun's UV radiation, but at ground level, it is a harmful air pollutant. You might even be able to smell it. Read more here about ozone and ways to reduce your exposure.
Mildew vs. Mold: What Is the Difference?
Mold vs. mildew might seem like an ongoing debate, but there are in fact differences. Read about how you can tell them apart and what you can do to prevent their growth.
Air Pollution in the US: The Top 10 Most Polluted Cities
Cities are a hotbed for air pollution, but some more so than others. We've put together a list of ten cities in the US with the highest levels of air pollution.
10 Pollutants to Watch Out for When You Travel This Summer
Even as the world continues to open up, one of your first thoughts before summer vacation starts is likely: how can I stay safe? Researching how to stay safe during travel will yield information on things like car emergency kits, vaccinations, and travel insurance.
Where do I put my air purifier?
Air purifiers can remove unhealthy particles and toxic gasses, which helps protect us from diseases made more likely by air pollution in addition to reducing allergy and asthma triggers. When choosing an air purifier it’s very important to have one that is sized to the space it’s used, and that it’s in a spot where you’re most likely to breathe the air it cleans.
The Colors of Noise
Colors are wonderful descriptive analogies because they exist along a spectrum with the violet and blue end having the opposite quality as the red and orange end. Temperature intuitively fits into the color spectrum, with warm reds and cool blues.
How Long Do Seasonal Allergies Last?
Seasonal allergies affect up to 30% of the global population, making allergy symptoms extremely common among adults and children. A seasonal allergy develops when your immune system overreacts to something in your environment, whether it's burning bush in the fall or grass pollen in the spring.
Biophilic Design: Best places for indoor plants and flowers
Plants and other natural features don’t just look nice, they can actually improve the productivity, health, biodiversity, resilience, and sustainability of a space and its occupants. Actual living plants are not even necessary— images, textures, smells, and other sensory cues also inspire thoughts of the natural world.
How wildfire smoke impacts AQI
For the past few years, wildfires have been increasing in North America, costing the US government around $3 billion each year. Officials in Northern California are preparing for fires year-round instead of focusing on a single fire season in the fall. Those of us who live in areas where fire is common are all too well aware of the smoke that drifts for hundreds of miles and impacts our comfort and health.
Cedar Fever in Texas: What Is It and How Bad Is It This Year?
During cedar fever season, the best plan is a proactive one if you have allergies. Find out how the symptoms may affect you and preventive steps to take this year.
Is Air Pollution Worse Inside Your Home vs. Outside?
Whether you live in an urban or rural area, you may feel the effects of poor outdoor air quality. The same walls, doors and windows that protect your home from the elements could be an entry way for unwanted air pollutants like smog or pollen.
Is Incense Smoke Bad for You?
In our increasingly fast-paced society, many people are seeking to become more conscious of their physical and mental health. Mindfulness practices involving incense burning, such as yoga and meditation, are as popular as ever. However, the burning of incense is far from being a new phenomenon. For centuries, incense has been used as an important part of religious ceremonies across many different cultures.
Indoor Air Pollution: The Unhealthy Ingredients of Air
Find out what you could be breathing as you are reading this - what types of indoor air pollutants may be in your home, how pollutants affect your health, and how you can address sources of pollutants.
Do Air Purifiers Work on Smoke?
If you're a smoker or someone in your household smokes, your most burning question when it comes to indoor air is probably: how do I get this smoke out of my house?
The Delicious and Life-Saving Benefits of Mold and Fungi
The Fungus Kingdom contains a very wide variety of lifeforms just as diverse as plants, animals, or bacteria. We typically group fungi into three groups- invisible microscopic single-celled yeast, mold with invisible spores but obvious large colonies, and the species that produce the large fruiting bodies known as mushrooms.
Is your roadtrip ruining the air?
The most massive contiguous structure known to all of human history may very well be the American highway system. If its 41,000 miles were made into a parking lot it would be a cube more than 20 miles on a side and could hold 50 million vehicles. Understandably it’s a great way to get around.
Why are we still doing daylight savings time when it is not healthy?
Many of us have never been quite clear why daylight saving time (DST) exists, and have only been aware of the very abrupt schedule change. Like moving from one time zone to another, it seems to take days or even a week to fully adjust to changing everything by one hour.
Good Vibes Stress Management Techniques for Mind & Body
Part of raising your vibration or having good vibes is taking action to reduce stress and promote mindfulness. Controlling stress is linked directly to mental and physical health and there are many ways to manage it. We all know that stress doesn’t just come in one shape; it can be physical strain, mental exhaustion, emotional fatigue, or countless others. Scientists even refer to the damage done to our organs by air pollution as “oxidative stress,” which is damage at the chemical level.
Introducing the Molekule Indoor Air Day View
Molekule is thrilled to announce Indoor Air Day View, an upgrade that activates a robust suite of advanced features for all our Molekule Air Pro purifiers, allowing you to track your air quality trends over the course of a day. When we introduced the Molekule Air Score and enhanced sensor capabilities back in January, it enabled us to provide customers with real-time air quality data, and this new update will take these features to the next level, allowing customers to see indoor air like nev...
Making a Sanctuary of your Home with Bobby Berk
Our partner and favorite Interior Design Expert, Bobby Berk, reminds us “A harmonious home equals inner peace.” A calm exterior leads to a calm interior, and when we are at peace we can be more mindful and productive. At Molekule our mission is to help make your home a sanctuary using science to clean the air, and we also like to provide other methods for peaceful home design.