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Air Pollution

 

How To Reduce Air Pollution In Your Living Environment, And Keep Asthma Trigger Away From Your Daily Life

 

 

Air pollution is one of asthma triggers that need your first attention. Why ? Because air pollution usually closely related with your living area and working area. So, from the second you wake up in the morning to the second you are asleep in the night, you will be connected to the air pollution.

 

Air pollution is the contamination of air by the discharge of harmful substances. Air pollution can cause health problems. We can find air pollution in our daily life that comes from :

 

  • Factories : as smoke stacks of power plants, manufacturing facilities, municipal waste incinerators.
  • Vehicles : as carbon monoxide gas from a motor vehicle or aircraft exhaust.
  • Burning activities : from burning wood, fireplaces, stoves, furnaces and incinerators.
  • Fumes : from paint, hair spray, varnish, aerosol sprays including mosquito propellant, air freshener, and other solvents.

 


 

How To Reduce Air Pollution In Your Daily Life ?

 

Start from yourselves and your family. Of course, you cannot change the environment of your living or working area by yourselves, but you can reduce the asthma triggers that can harm you and your family by having a healthier lifestyle. Below are some actions that each individual can do to help reducing air pollution (from the ‘National Safety Council’) :

 

1.      Limit driving, use public transportation, walk, use carpools, bike, or so forth.
 

If you must drive, then try to follow these guidelines:

o        Avoid high speeds.

o        Buy a vehicle with high miles per gallon.

o        Do not overfill or top off your gasoline tank.

o        Do not refuel on high ozone days — try to refuel after dark.

o        Drive a newer vehicle; the new models generally pollute less.

o        Drive alternative vehicles or alternatively fueled vehicles, such as electric vehicles.

o        Drive smoothly and avoid lengthy idling.

o        If the vehicle is a pre-1995 model, have a professional convert the air conditioning from the dangerous CFC R-12 to the safer R-134a to reduce your contribution to the ozone hole.

 

o        Keep your car well maintained, especially the emissions control system.

o        Keep tires properly inflated.

o        Maintain your vehicle's air conditioning system — do not allow it to leak.

o        Make fewer trips in your vehicle — plan routes to avoid traffic.

o        Reduce fuel use as often as possible — a vehicle's shape and design features can affect its fuel use.

 

2.      Defer lawn and gardening chores that use gasoline-powered equipment on high ground level ozone days.

3.      Eat organically grown food, or at least less pesticide-dependant foods.

4.      Limit dry cleaning.

5.      Postpone using oil-based paint and solvents on high ground level ozone days.

6.      Reduce consumption of electricity — conserving reduces emissions of SO2, NOx, VOCs and particulate matter into the air.

7.      Start charcoal with an electric or chimney-type fire starter instead of lighter fluid.

8.      Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — less consumption of products will reduce all types of air pollution!

9.      Replace hairspray with mousse or styling gel. For perfume, use roll-on or stick types.

 

Start your healthy living right now, and do your best to make your living environment free from air pollution !

To reduce the effect of air pollution in your own house, you can use HEPA air purifier. It can also remove pollen, dust mites, the smells of cigarette smoke, cooking, pet dander, etc. In order to find the best air purifier for your home, just visit this site to get reviews of famous brands of air purifier!


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