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10 Pollution Statistics your Family and you need to Know

Posted by admin on May 15, 2016 in Air Purification with No Comments


Here are twelve statistics that you need to know about pollution and its negative effects.  Pollution is one of the top 5 environmental health risks issued by EPA.gov, and has been notoriously known for harming people’s health unsuspectingly.  Learn more about pollution and indoor air exposure, and after, learn what you can do to prevent it.

  1. 200,000 emergency visits to the doctor’s office each year has been reported by patients who experience exposure to cat saliva, animal dander, mold, and dust mites.
  2. Asthma causes health issues to nearly 12 million Americans a year. It’s the sole leading cause of hospital visits by youths.
  3. In Log Angeles, California, 6,000 natives reportedly lost their lives because of their exposure to indoor air pollutants, in a single year. New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia were the next leading states in the country.
  4. $13 billion a year in health care costs accumulate from allergies and asthma.
  5. According to the American College of Allergists, half of all illnesses are caused by contaminated indoor air.
  6. While people spend 90 percent of their time indoors, studies have shown that 90 percent of colds, flus, and other viral illnesses are caught indoors, while only 10 percent are actually caught outdoors.
  7. Roughly 40 percent of all buildings pose a serious health hazard coming from polluted indoor air.
  8. An average of 42,000 dust mites can be found in just one ounce of dust/dirt. 80 percent of the dust in the average home comes from dead skin from humans.
  9. If you gather all collected dust from just one year of living in a 1,500 sq. ft. building, it will weigh about 40 lbs.
  10. Studies show that, at times, air particles can be anywhere from 25-100 times higher indoors than outdoors.

So, what are you going to do about the dirty air that you have inside your home?  You should invest in an air purifier.  Air purifiers have been scientifically proven by science experts and doctors to reduce and remove indoor air contamination effectively.  They release negative ions and subsequently release ozone in a two step process to successfully combat against the negative particles you need to remove from your home to breathe healthy, clean air.  Visit Alpine Air Technologies to see the best selling air purifiers in the air purifying market today.  They come with the best parts, dimensions, user settings, built-in options, and a wide variety leading to high customer ratings and usage rates.  You can remove smoke, dust, mold, allergens, bacteria, and other pollutants with your Alpine Living Lightning Air Purifier.

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