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Molekule Provides Air Quality Relief In Camp Fire Aftermath
Our hearts ached as we watched the recent California wildfires rage on these past two weeks. As soon as news of the blaze in Butte County broke, we simply couldn’t stand idle, and rushed to find areas that could use our help.
6 Common Myths About Air Pollution and What You Can Do About Them
You may have heard about these air pollution myths or believed them yourself. Find out the truth and what you can do to take control over your air quality.
Back to School Thought: Does Air Quality Matter for Students?
For parents, back-to-school season can be more than just shopping for school supplies and new clothes. It is about setting your child up for success in the upcoming school year.
Molekule’s Top 5 Indoor Cold-Weather Allergens: Don’t Catch the Winter Blues
When it gets cold outside, there’s no better place to be than cuddled up under a blanket, sipping tea and smelling your new scented candles. But when our windows are shut to keep out the cold, your indoor air quality may be suffering while winter pollutants build up. Dust, mold, chemicals, and more can linger, but we have solutions. Find out how air purification can combat cold and flu season and winter allergies.
Why Do We Sneeze When We're Sick?
Sneezing is our body’s defensive reaction to attempt to expel irritants and fluids. Illness, allergens, and other foreign bodies can all trigger sneezing fits. Read the article to learn the science of sneezing, and what you can do about it
How to Get Rid of Allergens in Every Room of Your Home
What's the best way to make your home "allergy proof"? In this article we give tips on what measures you can take in each room of your home to help and your family breathe easier.
How to Get Rid of Cooking Smells in Your House
Any seasoned chef knows that the most delicious meals can also be some of the stickiest. Fried foods, sizzling bacon, fresh fish—and the list goes on. Cooking odors come from particles and gases released into the air while you cook, and they can be a sign of poor indoor air quality. So, no matter how great your dinner smells while you’re cooking, you’ll probably want to take steps to keep the odor from sticking around.
What does Molekule do differently than other air purifiers?
Concerns about air quality are becoming more common, especially as wildfire season stretches longer each year and air pollution remains a pressing issue. Unfortunately, air pollution is not just confined to the outdoors, but there are steps you can take to protect the air quality in your home. One of the most effective ways is to use an air purifier.
5 Tips to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
If you have been concerned about wildfires and the smoke they create lately, you are not alone. California and the western United States are experiencing an increasing number of smoky days each year and this year’s wildfires have even caused smoky pollution on the east coast — a disturbing trend that makes good air quality seem more and more like a luxury.
The Connection Between Spring Allergies and Depression
Spring allergies don’t just affect your sinuses—they can impact your mood, sleep, and mental clarity too. Learn how to protect your well-being as pollen counts rise.
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.
What Is Relative Humidity, and What’s an Ideal Level for Your Home?
Relative humidity that is too high or low may cause problems for health and the condition of your home. Find out what is ideal and how to maintain an acceptable level.
How to Use Humidifiers: Placement, Maintenance & More
Dry air can lead to a host of problems for your health and home. Chapped lips, dry skin, nosebleeds, and increased asthma and allergy symptoms can all be caused by a lack of moisture in the air. Low humidity can also lead to static electricity, peeling wallpaper, and cracks in your wooden furniture.
6 Flu-Infested Indoor Places to Avoid This Winter
If you avoid these six places, it could mean the difference between catching the flu virus and staying healthy. Find out where the most germs might be hiding here in this article.
10 Science-backed Natural Remedies for Congestion
Walking through life with a stuffy nose can kind of feel like wading through deep water. Congestion may cause brain fog, ruin your sleep, and make even the simplest tasks seem overwhelming. Grocery stores and pharmacies stock shelves and shelves of over-the-counter treatments for sinus problems, but many medicines may be too strong for regular use and come with unwanted side effects.
Can an Air Purifier Relieve Colds and Fight Germs?
Learn how an air purifier can address allergens and other airborne pollutants, and see how different types air purifiers compare in alleviating cold symptoms and helping to prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses in the air.
Wildfire Smoke: How It Impacts Air Quality and Your Health
Air quality is a top concern for those who are affected by wildfires in their region and surrounding areas. Find out how wildfire smoke can impact health and tips to stay safe.
Are You Suffering from Winter Allergies?
Almost everyone experiences at least a few days of stuffy nose, coughing and sneezing during the winter months. If the cause is a cold or flu, there may not be much you can do other than rest and wait for your body to fight off the virus, according to doctor’s orders.
How to Deal with Allergies During the Dog Days of Summer
Summer, like spring, presents its own set of challenges for people with allergies. Here are some tips to help you deal with summer allergy and asthma triggers.
How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Your Allergies and Asthma?
Air quality is a top concern for those in wildfire smoke-affected regions, as there are possible health effects of inhaling smoke. What are the short and long-term effects of wildfire smoke on your health? How do those health effects interact with conditions like asthma or allergies? We can answer these questions by looking closely at what wood smoke is made of and analyzing the medical research.
What Does an Air Purifier Do?
What does an air purifier do? An air purifier improves your indoor air quality by removing air pollutants from your home with filters or other technology. Knowing how each type of air purifier works will let you choose the best air purifier for you.
The Worst Places For Your Asthma: Cities And States To Avoid
Are you considering a move? If you or a family member has asthma, here are some of the worst places. Learn why and how to deal with symptom triggers.
Top Home Remedies for Asthma: Do They Actually Work?
You may have heard about home remedies for asthma, but do some of these actually work? We’ll take a look at the science (if any) behind them.
How Does Summer Heat Affect Air Quality?
Last summer, record-breaking heat waves swept the world, continuing a decades-long trend of rising temperatures driven by climate change. And it’s looking like this year may be even hotter. Learn how to stay safe when air quality gets bad.
Best Air Purifier for Your Home: Allergens, VOCs and More
The best air purifier for your home depends on the types of pollutants. Find out what's best for allergens, VOCs and more.
Are allergies getting worse each year?
It’s not just you, everyone’s allergies are getting worse, and some of us are starting to get allergies when we didn’t before. Triggers for respiratory allergies are present throughout the year. February through May is when trees spread their pollen. April through September air is full of grass pollen. August through late November is when the weeds are active spreading pollen. In the winter there isn’t much pollen, but we spend more time indoors with mold, dust, and pet dander.
How to Properly Clean a Humidifier
A humidifier can help combat the effects of dry air by producing water vapor and increasing the humidity in your home. Unfortunately, without proper cleaning and maintenance, a humidifier can also increase the airborne pollutants that you and your family members breathe in every day.
How Much Does Air Pollution Increase After a California Wildfire?
Wildfires have always contributed to air pollution. However, until recently, most particle pollution in the western United States was created by emissions from vehicles and industrial sources. With the drastic increase in wildfires over the past few years, wildfire smoke has risen to be one of the most abundant — and most dangerous — sources of air pollution in the nation.
Hypoallergenic Pets for People with Allergies
What are some of the best hypoallergenic pets for allergy and asthma sufferers? Can these alternatives from the typical dogs and cats relief some of the suffering? Learn more as we list common pets that may lessen your pain.
Christmas Tree Allergies: How to Deal With Them
If you love the holidays but dread the thought of suffering through allergies for another holiday season, you probably have more options than you think. Whether you decide to go with a live Christmas tree, an artificial one, or one made of something new and unexpected, a few simple precautions can make a difference for the air you breathe.
5 Surprising Halloween Items That Are Polluting Your Home
Halloween is right around the corner, and we are starting to see more and more cobwebs gathering in corners and spread across railings, jack-o’-lanterns standing sentry on the porch, and children young and old transforming into witches, ghosts, superheroes and monsters.
Guide to Asthma Triggers in Your Home: From Attic to Living Room
If you or a family member has asthma, allergens may be lurking in each room of your home and could be triggering asthma attacks. We explore the common triggers in your home from top to bottom.
What is Deshedding?
The furry part of our furry friends doesn’t just accumulate under the couch and along the baseboards, it also harbors pet dander and any other allergy or asthma triggers that our pets rubbed up against along the way. There are so-called hypoallergenic pets that shed less or may have no fur at all, but none of us will be swapping out our companion for one that leaves less residue around the house.
Where Does Dust Come From? Guide to Sources in House and Solutions
How much dust you have in your home depends on several factors including where you live, the season, how many people live in your home, whether you have pets, and even how you clean. Though dust itself is complicated, getting rid of it is not. Read on to learn where does comes from, the impact it has on your health, and how to make your home as dust-free as possible.
The Ultimate Guide to Indoor Air Quality Testing
We are a nation of citizen scientists who will one day use regulation-grade, low-cost sensors to measure and report outdoor air quality to the world. However, what happens when we confront the air inside buildings? We know that air in our homes is more polluted than outside.