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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.
Can Stress Cause Allergies?
Can stress trigger allergies? The answer isn’t a simple yes or no. While stress doesn’t directly cause allergies, it can...
How to Prepare for a Wildfire: A Wildfire Safety Checklist
Preparing for a wildfire requires a comprehensive approach that protects both life and property. This means creating defensible space around...
How to Protect Pets From Wildfire Smoke
Wildfire smoke poses serious health risks to pets, causing respiratory irritation, eye problems, and potentially life-threatening complications in vulnerable animals....
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.