Indoor air pollution is 100 times dirtier than outdoor | Affects health and poisons your immunity

We need to breathe every minute and every second, and clean air is very important to our health. We spend most of the time indoors. In fact, many people ignore the air quality of the indoor environment; WHO pointed out that the global The environment in which 92% of people live is affected by air pollution. In 2014, air pollution caused seven million premature deaths in the world. Now it is summer, and it is the peak period of indoor air pollution on the human body.

The polluted indoor environment can cause short-term immediate effects on people, such as headache, dyspnea, fatigue and other mild physical symptoms. Long-term exposure can cause various chronic diseases, such as heart disease, decreased lung function, cancer, and respiratory diseases. Severely can be fatal.

Six major effects of indoor pollution:

1. Family members are prone to colds and fatigue

2. Indoor plants are not easy to survive

3. The smell is harsh and pungent

4. Respiratory diseases and allergic reactions

5. Decreased immunity, fetal malformation

6. Suffocation in the morning, nausea, dizziness, dizziness

Indoor air pollution poisons your immune system

Mold : Common in the home, it lives in moist environments, it can spread in the air, and it can cause allergic reactions throughout the year.

Dust mites and allergens : The number one killer of household allergens, with as many as a thousand dust mites per square meter of carpet or blanket, they can cause asthma or other allergies.

Toxic Gases : Burning cigarettes and cigars releases a lot of suspended particulates. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 compounds, 60 of which have been classified as carcinogens by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; chemicals in third-hand smoke remain in furniture, walls , carpets, toys, clothes, and even hair and skin, and then chemically react with compounds in the air to form new carcinogens.

Formaldehyde volatile pollutant : a colorless chemical gas with a release period of up to 15 years. It is one of the chemical components of many building materials, paints, and cleaning agents. The WHO has confirmed that it is the culprit of human toxicity and cancer, and can cause irritation Eyes, skin, respiratory tract, nerve damage, liver system, carcinogenic, etc.

Suspended particulates : including dust particles, molds, spores, bacteria and germs, etc., causing irritation to the eyes, skin, respiratory tract, inflammation, cancer, stroke, respiratory system, cardiovascular disease, etc.

Carbon dioxide : drowsiness, dizziness, headache

Carbon monoxide : deadly at worst

Viruses, fungi, bacteria : allergies, cause infections

At the same time, kitchen fumes are also the invisible killer of female lung cancer.

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