| HEPA vacuum cleaners have become more | | | | compared to the air outside of your home. |
| popular in recent years, but you may not know | | | | HEPA filters are especially useful for people with |
| what makes them different from vacuums. They | | | | breathing problems such as asthma, and those |
| incorporate advanced filter technology to reduce | | | | with pet allergies. I am allergic to dogs yet deal |
| dust in your home. | | | | with a dog in my home daily. The fact that my |
| HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particle Absorbing, | | | | furniture and floors are vacuumed regularly allows |
| which is a type of filter that is capable of | | | | me to breathe fine in the home because the |
| removing 99.97% of all dust particles in your | | | | particles in the air from the dog are promptly |
| home. The filters were originally invented to | | | | removed from the air. They help make people |
| prevent the spread of radioactive particles from | | | | healthier, which is probably why they are used in |
| contaminating the general population during the | | | | many hospitals today to reduce the spread of |
| Manhattan project. | | | | diseases through the air. |
| Many vacuums today are equipped with HEPA | | | | If you think you have a need for a HEPA filtered |
| filters that help clean your home while you are | | | | vacuum or simply want a much cleaner home, be |
| vacuuming. You will be able to enjoy much | | | | sure to do some research and look into special |
| fresher air after using these. A normal vacuum | | | | vacuums with HEPA filters. Don't make the bad |
| cleaner releases dust particles back into the air, | | | | investment of buying a new vacuum for your |
| and they end up being recirculated, often leaving | | | | family without a filter, only to discover that you'd |
| your floors clean but your air dirty. You will also | | | | been much better off with one. |
| be breathing in much less mold and bacteria | | | | |