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Formaldehyde seriously impacts air quality. It is a chemically based gas which can be found indoors and outdoors. The sources of these gases come from naturally occurring processes and from manufactured products. Formaldehyde exposes us to an increased risk for respiratory ailments, nausea and other health concerns. In worse-case circumstances, heavy concentrations of formaldehyde can lead to leukemia and brain cancer. Indoor contaminating sources should be removed and air cleaners should be used to clean the air. Use HealthMate Plus Purifiers to remove this risk. The Austin Air HealthMate Plus uses High Efficiency Particulate Arresting (HEPA) air filtration along with an activated carbon mixture that is designed to remove the tiniest of air particles and the...

What is a HEPA filter? Why do they always come up when researching Austin Air Purifiers and Austin Air filters? Well, the history of the HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Arresting) is very interesting. A little-known historical fact is that the original HEPA filter was first designed back in the 1940s.  The HEPA filter was placed in the Manhattan Project facilities as a way of preventing the spread of airborne radioactive contaminants. By the 1950s, HEPA filters began appearing in commercialized products. In fact, the HEPA filter became synonymous with best in class filter performance and high efficiency. It became the high standard and ultimately became a registered trademark. HEPA filters were widely understood to have the capacity to capture a large...

What are the causes of serious indoor air pollution? Can health be affected by pollution? Do we have ways to prevent this air pollution? Are there air pollution solutions that can be used to reduce or eliminate the heavy odors in a home along with the toxic chemicals in the air? Should I use an Austin Air HealthMate Plus air purifier?  Extreme air pollution in your home is serious. Clean your indoor air with a purifier to remove the emitting sources of contamination. The Serious Causes Of Indoor Air Pollution Indoor air pollution is a mixture of many contaminants for sources:  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), environmental contaminants, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) pollutants and other air particle contaminates. All contribute to serious health...

Finding allergy relief can be as simple as using a high quality Austin Air Allergy Machine that utilizes a specific Austin Air Filter along with the following a few guidelines for managing the source of allergies. Austin Air allergy filters combined with good housecleaning and possibly allergy medications or allergy treatment will reduce and in some cases eliminate allergy suffering. If you can cut the source of you allergy irritants, you reduce your suffering. Sources such as dust, dust mites, pet dander, chemicals, and other household pollutants need to be managed with a plan. A very important part of your relief plan should be to first, find a good Austin Air purifier. The Austin Air Allergy Machine is the ideal air purification system for allergy...

Living things and their by-products produce biological air invaders which degrade air quality. Hot and moist places are perfect environments for this contamination to grow. They are all around us: the soil near our homes, our pets and animals, bugs, plants, fungi, viruses and bacteria. Asthma and allergy-prone are at a high health risk when these contaminates are trapped in the home. Biological pollutants will irritate the body and cause coughing, shortness of breath and dizziness. There are actions you can take to improve indoor air quality. Clean throughout you house, locate breeding grounds and removing the sources. Ventilate the indoors often with outside air, manage indoor temperature and keep humidity at 50% or below. Use air filtration to reduce this risk...

Our pets fill our lives with joy and companionship; however, they also bring odors, allergens, and dander into our homes. What is the best way to remove pet odors, pet allergens, and dander? What Austin Air Purifier is effective in reducing or eliminating pet allergies or dander allergies such as cat allergies and dog allergies? We know that many of us are allergic to dogs or cats. Even so, we still have our pets. When our doctor recommends that a pet be removed because of allergies, some of us still keep them around and after our pet passes away, we replace them with a new pet. One breed of pet may generate a greater intensity of allergic reaction than another. Even when our pets are hairless (so-called “non-allergenic breeds”), our pets still are a...