| many people are truly concerned about pollens | | | | severe threat to our health. The molds can also |
| and treat it as a seasonal threat, there are not | | | | cause allergic reactions in many and it can |
| many who are too sure about what threats a | | | | aggravate asthmatic problems. |
| mold could possess. There are those who feel | | | | The best purifiers to deal with mold are the ones |
| that they are the source of some unpleasant air | | | | which come with HEPA filters. A HEPA filter is built |
| but do not pose any health threats, there are | | | | to trap any particulate larger than 0.3 microns. |
| others who know that molds can have serious | | | | The size of molds generally vary between 3 to |
| effects on our lungs and respiratory tract but are | | | | 100 microns although there are some that can be |
| not quite sure if air purifiers can help. | | | | as small as 1 micron. So, with a HEPA filter in |
| Let us accept the fact that molds are part of the | | | | place you will be able to tackle all the molds that |
| nature and they are not bad by themselves. They | | | | may be there in your room. |
| play a vital role in the decomposition of leaves and | | | | Electronic air purifiers are also effective at |
| trees. But their importance is limited to outdoors. | | | | removing molds as they are large enough in size |
| They are not meant to be indoors and they have | | | | to be trapped by the electronic versions. |
| nothing useful to do indoors. In fact if they find | | | | However, these purifiers will not be able to |
| moist or wet surfaces they can easily multiply | | | | address the issue of odors which come with |
| and can be a cause for your discomfort or even | | | | molds. For that you have to have a purifier which |
| illness. | | | | comes with activated carbon filter which absorbs |
| Problem with molds are that they are much too | | | | the odor. |
| small to be trapped by the cilia in our sinuses and | | | | So, in a way, molds in our home pose an invisible |
| are not big enough to be exhaled out. So once | | | | threat. We might not see them, but it can really |
| breathed in with air, it gets lodged in the lung | | | | bother us as we can either have allergic reactions |
| tissue. Now some of these molds, called | | | | or someone having a history of asthma severely |
| mycotoxins can be toxic in nature and that is a | | | | affected by it. |