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Keep Your Filters Changed!
Posted by Mathew Farnworth on
Take a look at this article on environmental control practices to help you and your loved ones stay healthy. Environmental control practices (ECPs) are a group of measures recommended to reduce exposure to indoor allergens (eg, dust mites, household pets, cockroaches, mold, mice) or nonallergic triggers (eg, environmental tobacco smoke [ETS], wood smoke, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter [PM]). Historically, many of the common suggestions have been empiric and not based on scientific data or evidence-based clinical trials. As a better understanding of the impact of the characteristics of housing stock and occupants on the indoor living environment has evolved, more...