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Is Your Home Making You
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To understand why many
of today’s health problems can be caused by the home you live in, you need
to look back a few years to see what caused this to happen. You see, during
the energy crisis of the early 1970s, highly insulated “tight” homes became
popular because of their potential to reduce energy costs.
Within a few years, however, complaints started to arise, due to health, and
excessive moisture issues caused by indoor pollution,
and associated moisture problems within these homes.
In the late 1980s and early 90s, indoor air quality became a nationally
recognized issue. Even today, newer and more energy-efficient homes seemed
predisposed to the problem. In addition, they retain more humidity and
airborne pollutants, which causes longer life-spans, and more productive
cycles of microbial activity within the home, such as mold, germs, bacteria
and viruses.
This greater activity and concentration of these airborne contaminants,
equates to more allergic reactions, and sickness within families, for longer
periods of time.
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Why is mold so
difficult to control? Mold is at the bottom of the food chain. It thrives on
very little, grows rapidly, and produces spores, volatile organic
com-pounds, and other toxins. One organism can multiply to trillions in less
than three weeks. When given the right conditions, mold can occur anywhere;
in homes, schools, workplaces, entertainment centers, vehicles, etc.
The interior of your ductwork and air conditioning equipment, provides an
ideal environment for mold growth — especially in the air conditioners
inside drain-pan where it is dark, damp, and filled with nutrients. The
result can be like blowing air over a swamp or through a sewer and then into
your home, vehicle, and workplace.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 60% of Indoor Air Quality
(IAQ) problems and allergies may be mold-related. Some IAQ diagnosticians
and practitioners today say the figure may be as high as 80%. The increased
usage of air conditioning systems almost directly parallels the increase of
allergies and IAQ problems.
As mold and bacteria grow on coils and in drain pans, they are disseminated
through the ducts to occupied spaces. Some mold products (toxins) produce
serious and sometimes life-threatening reactions, including allergy, asthma,
hypersensitivity, pneumonitis, and in some extreme cases even bleeding lung
disease.
Additionally, mold creates a troublesome maintenance problem. Its activity
results in dirty coils, a loss of air-flow, loss of heat exchange
efficiency, dirty and sometimes plugged drain pans, and excessive energy
use.
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Our company has found
that the most successful way to handle system mold is through Ultraviolet (U.V.)
germicidal lights. These U.V. systems are a recent breakthrough in
protecting the health of a home.
Ultraviolet light in the “C" band (UVC) has been used for more than 65 years
to kill microorganisms in hospitals, barber shops, laboratories,
pharmaceutical plants, and at the nation's Center for Disease Control.
Residential ultraviolet units have been independently tested and proved to
be effective in the constantly moving air environments of heating and
cooling systems, killing mold and bacteria quickly and effectively. The UVC
energy attacks the organism’s DNA and either destroys it immediately or
prevents it from reproducing.
For most people, the original motivation for installing the lights is to
abate IAQ complaints and/or allergies. However, they are also pleased to
learn that many hidden odors are also eliminated with U.V. technology.
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