| The 21st Century has brought us many advances. | | | | the thousands of different smells mixed together |
| The progress industry has been through changed | | | | may lead a delicate respiratory system into a |
| everything around it and the environment is | | | | serious crisis. |
| suffering its effects. | | | | In addition to that, bacteria and viruses as well as |
| The air is the means of transportation - and | | | | other types of microorganisms are constant |
| consequently, the means by which | | | | threats. Due to these invisible creatures, people |
| microorganisms get spread, more commonly that | | | | get pneumonia and tuberculosis, diseases that |
| ever before. It's pretty easy for an epidemic to | | | | may lead to death if not treated properly. |
| get spread through the air and it's scary, if we | | | | How do we protect our loved ones? |
| take into account what happened with the Ebola | | | | Unfortunately, there aren't many things we can |
| virus some years ago. The whole world was | | | | do in order to protect our family or our |
| afraid, even countries at the other side of the | | | | environment at work. We can't prevent pollution, |
| globe were praying for the virus not to get to | | | | allergens or microorganisms from existing in the |
| their territory. | | | | air that we breathe and we cannot stop breathing |
| Directly opposite to what many people think, it is | | | | either. |
| not only the "outside" that offers danger to our | | | | The same hand that pollutes tries to clean. |
| overall health. We are not safe even inside our | | | | Industries have developed some air purifiers in |
| homes. Believe it or not, a study developed by | | | | order to decrease the effects of the polluted air |
| environment researchers found that the air inside | | | | we breathe. |
| our homes is dirtier than the air we breathe when | | | | Air purifiers simply try to take from the air the |
| we are walking in the street. | | | | allergens and some of the pollution. It's something |
| What are we exposed to? | | | | we can do to decrease the effects on our bodies. |
| We are exposed to a lot of danger when we | | | | It is certainly necessary if we have new babies at |
| breathe. Asthmatic people suffer even more than | | | | home. |
| people who don't have any respiratory disorders. | | | | Techniques used |
| Little children, especially newborn babies, and old | | | | There are several techniques available for people |
| people are the most predisposed to suffer | | | | who want to create a safe - or less dangerous - |
| respiratory disorders due to the bad condition of | | | | indoor environment with respect to the air. |
| the air we breathe. | | | | Some air purifiers use adsorbent techniques and |
| It's not that hundreds of years ago, the air was | | | | electrostatic charges and ionizers. Some others |
| safe. No, it was not. Allergens have always | | | | include a germicidal UV light and the emission of |
| existed. But progress has brought us industries | | | | ions into the air in order to react with the agents |
| with their high chimneys spreading smoke, a dark | | | | that may cause health problems and reduce or |
| and heavy smoke, into the air. We have cars that | | | | eliminate them. However, there isn't an air purifier |
| also spread smoke. These simply create high | | | | sold for homes able to create indoor conditions as |
| levels of pollution. | | | | clean as those found in hospitals. |
| Besides the pollution, we also have the allergens in | | | | We cannot control what we breathe when we |
| the air. And the majority of these are the ones | | | | are in the street, but we can do something to |
| responsible for the asthma crisis today. The | | | | avoid such side effects when we are at home. |
| smoke of a cigarette, the pollen from flowers and | | | | |