Tag: asthma

Green your window treatments
Are your drapes or binds contribution to indoor pollution? Let the sun shine in with eco-friendly window coverings.

Paint your rooms enviro-friendly and safe
You’re not only adding colour to your home with most commercial paints. You’re also slapping on benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, xylene, and ethylene glycol. These neurotoxins are complex enough to vaporize (off gas) into the air, polluting what you breathe.

Air freshener or air poisoner?
Air fresheners are delivering more than a fresh scent. They may be responsible for polluting your indoor air and causing asthma attacks. You’re better off opening a window.

Houseplants for cleaner indoor air
Winter is approaching and we will be spending more time indoors. Choose your houseplants carefully and you can improve air quality.

Allergy free pets for the whole family
If every time you visit crazy Aunt Mildred’s house with her numerous furry companions your eyes begin to water, your skin gets itchy, and your throat swells up, you are allergic to pets. But, that doesn’t mean you can never own a four-legged friend.

10 steps to cleaner air and fewer asthma attacks
According to the Asthma Society of Canada, 8.4percent of Canadians over the age of 12 suffer from asthma. Amongst children, the number rises to 12 percent. What’s worse, asthma rates have increased by as much as 60 percent since the 1980s.