The harm of dust to human health



The human body is
well adapted to various external influences. For example, from
getting harmful germs, bacteria, mucous protect us
lining of the Airways. They self-cleaned from falling
the foreign particles. However, if the person is not healthy, he has low
the immune system, the system fails. Reduced ability to
cleanse in young children, the elderly. Here
then, dust can become a very serious problem.


Especially
harmful dust consisting of particles of synthetic materials like old
foam, various artificial insulation, Wallpaper. Very harmful
pieces of old furniture, carpet. They may contain harmful
chemicals, pesticides, lead.

This is crawling with dust
microscopic dust mites. They are one of the main
causes allergic reactions, provoke the development of asthma. So
often suffer dust allergies. A person inhales allergens
along with the air. Immunocompromised persons have a direct path to
the development of allergic and infectious diseases.

Very dangerous
spores of pathogenic fungi, also inhalation of dust. The fungi can
to trigger the development of dangerous diseases such as athlete's foot,
meningitis. Significantly increases the risk of pathological changes in the field
inner ear, paranasal sinuses. Often fungal spores
cause of kidney disease, urinary tract, urinary
bubble. Can affect bronchi, lungs.

Dust pollutes
drinking water and food. In this regard, there is the risk of
certain infectious and pulmonary diseases. No wonder many
industries that dust becomes the cause of professional illnesses.
For example, printing a very dangerous lead, and coal dust.

Dust in the apartment: where and how to get rid of it?

Question
"how to get rid of the dust in the apartment?" asks a housewife. In
routine household chores sometimes it seems that dealing with dust is not possible:
an hour later, after cleaning her ill-fated particles are again hovering in
the air and settle on furniture. So, how to deal with the dust? And where it
actually taken?

Reducing the amount of dust: where the dust

Dust
in the apartment or house not only spoils the overall look of the interior, but can
adversely affect the health of all family members. This is especially true
children, as the largest concentration of dust particles is
the interlayer of 0.7-1.5 m from the floor level. To reduce its quantity
residential area, it is recommended to heed the following advice:

*discard the carpet if it's not their daily vacuuming (this is especially true for wall paintings);

*necessary to remove the cabinets or throw away all of what you routinely do not
use old bag, which hangs in the hallway or the handkerchief
You never wore even once — clear storage dust;
*there is also
to reduce the number of decorative elements in the interior: swipe
figurines, artificial flowers can quickly accumulate dust (if You
want to leave such designer jewelry, keep them under glass);

*appropriate in terms of maintaining cleanliness in the house or apartment to abandon
curtains with a complex design in favor of a more concise or
blinds; clean textile screens, canopies;
*it is recommended to replace
natural coating and fillers for pillows on modern
synthetic analogues, to remove products of natural wool, where
can dust be added to the villi.

Put things in perfect order

Below
effectively and efficiently deal with dust, must be systematically
to do a comprehensive cleaning. The algorithm of actions appropriate
choose this:

1. remove all unnecessary things, put them in closed boxes or placed in glass cases;
2. engage upholstered furniture: it can be carefully vacuumed or cover with a damp cloth and knock the dust from it;

3. pay attention to the curtains: they are easy to handle steam:
first, they are smoothed, and secondly, under the action of steam
killed pathogenic forms and disappears in the dust; if the Windows and
accordingly, curtains lots, costs for these purposes to use
floor steamer with a large tank of liquid, where
is generated vapor;
4. to do plants and homemade
animals: the leaves are sprayed with a spray gun, clear
soft cloth; animals, especially with long hair,
comb — they according to doctors are one of the main
sources where does the dust; don't forget to wash your Pets paws
after walking in the street;
5. wash floors and embossing or vacuum
rugs: the best choice which will allow you to effectively deal with dust, it
the washing vacuum cleaner with aquafiltering. It not only efficiently cleans any type of
surface, but also eliminates the dust in the air. After applying this
vacuum, the air in the apartment (house) instantly become fresh and, most
a cleaner;
6. wipe dust from all surfaces: don't forget to do this on cabinets, cornices, skirting boards, TV screens and monitor.

In
cleaning should open the vents or Windows in the ventilation mode.
To protect the premises from the street dust, you can use mosquito nets
or in addition to cover them with a damp gauze.

Means for dust control

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combating household dust was efficient and cleanliness was maintained
for as long as possible, you can use special tools and devices. To
the most relevant and popular ones are:

*humidifier
air: use it to deal with the dust easier, because in the apartment (house),
where humidity is high, it quickly settles and becomes noticeable
so clean it will be easy: take a damp soft
the cloth and just rubbed the surface of her.
*hygrometer — a device
which allows you to control the humidity: if it is exceeded,
the house, there could be mold and common household dust become dangerous
reagent;
*the cleaner — the fight against any type of pollution with it
it would be much better and faster; it is advisable to use
vacuum cleaners with Aqua-filter, which allow to reduce the number of particles
dust not only on the treated fundamentals, but also in the air, where they
especially lot;
*membrane for the Windows — prevent the penetration of dust
from the street, where it with a stream of air can get into the room; these
modern devices also help to get rid of allergens.
*the plant Chlorophytum — significantly reduces the amount of dust in your environment;

*"cleaning the air" — a device that passes through the built-in filters all
the volume of air making it possible to fully get rid of dust;
it is particularly convenient to use this unit in rooms where a lot a priori
dust, for example, in the new building or newly renovated
the premises

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