The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified low indoor air quality as a serious threat that many people in the country face. Since citizens of the U.S. spend, on average, 85% of their days indoors, the issue of low quality air inside homes and businesses is a serious one. Taking steps toward improving the air in your home will provide you with important health benefits. We’ll look at some of the ways that high indoor air quality results in improved health.
You can start improving your home’s air right now with a call to Wm. Henderson Plumbing & Heating Inc. We have Havertown, PA indoor air quality specialists on staff who use a variety of methods to eliminate the contaminants floating around your home, such as air cleaners and UV germicidal lights. Let us provide you with better health this summer and for many seasons to come.
Why higher indoor air quality = better health
The U.S. EPA has done numerous studies of the effects of common household pollutants on health and has come up with finds that show serious short-term and long-term consequences. With professional air quality services assisting you, you will avoid these issues and achieve improved health both in the short and long run.
- Short-term benefits: Dust and dirt in your air will have immediate effects on your health: eye, nose, and throat irritation; headaches, general fatigue, and dizziness. The effects are similar to the symptoms of the flue and the common cold. Although these conditions are rarely life-threatening and soon subside when you move into an area with better air, they are aggravating and annoying and decrease your quality of life. More serious immediate problems will afflict people with asthma and allergies. Low quality indoor air contains numerous triggers that can be dangerous for asthma sufferers, and will exacerbate allergic reactions. With cleaner air, you will wipe away all these problems: you’ll feel better, more energetic, and anyone in your house with special health needs will have a greater level of protection against the contaminants that can worsen his or her condition.
- Long-term benefits: The EPA has found a connection between long-term exposure to poor quality air and serious illnesses such as respiratory diseases, heart disease, and cancer. The EPA is still uncertain as to the link between low indoor air quality and these serious maladies—the causes are always difficult to determine—but while their investigations are ongoing, you should take the possibilities seriously and increase your indoor air quality and reduce the chances of you or your family developing these health problems.
Call our indoor air quality experts today
At Wm. Henderson Plumbing & Heating Inc., we care about your health and finding the best way to protect it. When you call us, you’ll receive the assistance you need to remove the illness-causing contaminants from the air you breathe in your home.
Whether you need air filters, air purifiers, UV germicidal lights, or humidifiers, Wm. Henderson Plumbing & Heating Inc. can take care of your indoor air quality in Havertown, PA.