Why does indoor air quality matter?

In door air quality is just as important as outdoor air quality! The air you breathe should be as clean as possible. While we most often focus on outdoor air pollution, there are many pollutants in door that deserve equal attention and action.

Cause for concern :

• Indoor air is often more polluted than outdoor air.
• On average we spend up to 90% or more of our time each day indoors at home, in the school or our workplace.
• The elderly, children, infants, pregnant women and those with allergies, asthma and other respiratory ailments are more susceptible to indoor air pollution problems.
• Indoor air pollution is among the top five environmental health risks. Having the right kind of Air Purifier can make a big impact on the quality of indoor air.
• According to research, common pollutants within our home and workplace have been increasingly recognized as threats to our respiratory health.
• More and more people are affected with allergic conditions such as hay fever. Learning how to control a home’s environment to reduce allergen level is important for managing such allergies.
• Asthma is a serious chronic respiratory disease that affects people of all ages. The number of people with asthma has risen during the past two decades. In Malaysia asthma is reported to strike over 1 million person while in Singapore the figure is well over 200,000 persons. Frequent incidents of haze has compounded such problems and therefore require urgent attention.
• Common pollutants can enter our homes through air leaks in the structure.