The Bring the Fresh Air Inside Sweepstakes

If you’re currently experiencing headaches, fatigue or high blood pressure, poor air quality could be to blame with particles and poor ventilation being the hidden culprits. Children are the most vulnerable to poor indoor air and can experience lowered immunity, difficulty concentrating and childhood-onset asthma. After all, we take 20,000 breaths a day. What are you breathing in? Allergens? Chemicals? VOC’s? Gases? Odors? Most likely it’s all of the above.

What You Can’t See Can Hurt You

Today, 26 million Americans, including 6 million children, live with asthma. Each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution, as reported by the International Energy Agency. The importance of creating fresh, clean and purified air in your home and work environments cannot be stressed enough. If you aren’t currently using a whole house or portable air purifier, then keep on reading.

Breathing clean air is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity for our overall health and well being. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, 92 percent of the world’s population breathes polluted air. The he Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies indoor air as one of the top five health risks Americans face, yet, most people are still spending a whopping 90 percent of their time indoors with no safety net in place, whatsoever (you?).

A study conducted by MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment found 10% of deaths in America are attributed to air pollution. Toxic exposures definitely increase our risk for many diseases, including cancer. Indoor air, on average, is two to five -and up to 100 times – more polluted than the outdoor air, according to the EPA.

Meet IQAir

With the toxic body burden most people are carrying around today, combined with air pollution, having a remediation plan in place is essential. While we can’t control environmental pollution and other toxic exposures outside, we can control our own home’s air. Oh, did I mention we have just the solution(s)? Meet IQAir.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ―Benjamin Franklin

Good news! We’re offering you TWO CHANCES to win top of the line solutions in air purification and air quality monitoring for your home from our friends at IQAir. Winners Will Receive: 1st Prize: A handmade Klaus Room Air Purifier (ARV $2,500); 2nd Prize: A bundle of Atem Desk and AirVisual (ARV $668). YES, that’s a total value of $3,168.00! Click below to enter (and share with a friend or loved one who could benefit from breathing clean, fresh and purified air). Sweepstakes open to residents of the United States. Ends 12/11/18.

What to Look for in a Portable Air Purifier

1. HyperHEPA media for particle filtration
2. No system leakage due to sealed filter and purifier housing
3. Activated carbon for gas and odor filtration

HyperHEPA

Did You Know? In 1963, the founders of IQAir introduced the world’s first residential air filter based on HEPA, or high-efficiency particulate arrestance technology. This innovation helped reduce indoor pollution as well as chronic asthma symptoms. Soon HEPA filters became so widespread that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) required that all filters sold under the name “HEPA” must filter at least 99.97% of airborne particles down to 0.3 microns. However, most HEPA air purifiers are not tested for total efficiency and many can be 80 percent, or less, effective than stated due to leakage.

IQAir’s patented HyperHEPA® filter goes further. HyperHEPA filters remove 99.5% of particles down to 0.003 microns, which are 10,000% smaller than the DOE’s required 0.3-micron particle size.

Activated Carbon Adsorption

Unlike particles, the molecules that comprise gases, odors, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are not solid and will float through even the densest HyperHEPA filters. That’s why the HealthPro Plus features a patented V-5 Cell gas and odor filter to eliminate harmful chemicals and compounds with five pounds of activated carbon.

The IQAir Solutions to Cleaner Air 

AirVisual Pro

The AirVisual Pro is a popular air quality monitor that is a part of the largest air quality monitoring network in the world. It now has IFTTT (if this then that) functionality. IFTTT allows your gadgets, apps and devices to talk to each other – in this case, IFTTT makes the air quality data, including temperature, humidity, CO2, and AQI, from your AirVisual Pro actionable. With LED lighting and a rechargeable battery, this monitor can check both indoor and outdoor pollution to measure particulate matter, carbon dioxide, humidity and temperature.

Klaus Series Limited Edition

The made-to-order Klaus series features a pistachio burl finish and retails for $2,500. Inside the Klaus Series is the technology of IQAir’s award winning, #1 rated HealthPro® Plus air purifier, housed in a handcrafted and luxurious wood cabinet, carefully constructed by renowned master artisan Jim Ipekjian.

The IQAir Atem

The Atem is a personal air purifier small enough to accompany a personal space like an office desk. In fact, I have it on my own office desk and love it! Atem, which is German for breath, delivers pure air to your personal breathing zone. Unlike any existing air purifier, Atem delivers a gentle but concentrated stream of clean air exactly where you need it most: your breathing zone. It does so with a professionally engineered PureJet DiffuserTM that secures to the Atem. The Atem is a small but incredibly powerful personal air purifier that removes up to 99% of particles through IQAir’s proprietary HyperHEPA filtration, including ultrafine particles

Good news! We’re offering you TWO CHANCES to win top of the line solutions in air purification and air quality monitoring for your home from our friends at IQAir. Winners Will Receive: 1st Prize: A handmade Klaus Room Air Purifier (ARV $2,500); 2nd Prize: A bundle of Atem Desk and AirVisual (ARV $668). YES, that’s a total value of $3,168.00! Click below to enter (and share with a friend or loved one who could benefit from breathing clean, fresh and purified air. Sweepstakes open to residents of the United States. Ends 12/11/18.

What to Avoid in an Air Purifier

1.) Air Ionizers – Ionizing technology sends out negatively charged ions that attract positively charged pollution particles, causing them to leave the air and stick to surfaces like ceilings, walls, and furniture, but it doesn’t actually remove these pollutants. Plus, these particles can stick to your airways and build up in your lungs. The ozone these devices can have harmful side effects, even if the purifier claims that they only charge the particles “a little bit.”

2.) Ozone Generators – These do little to clean the air and can be extremely harmful to your health. Even the California Air Resources Board, a government agency, has taken measures to warn people about the harm ozone generators can cause. Indoor ozone levels can rise five to ten times above recommended limits; even a “safe” ozone generator that emits a small amount of ozone can quickly trigger potentially life-threatening ailments like asthma attacks. Plus, ozone reactions can introduce ultrafine particles (UFPs) into the air. UFPs can get into your lungs and your bloodstream, causing heart disease and even stunting lung development in children.

3.) UV Light Purifiers – Many UV light purifiers produce ozone. Furthermore, air treated with UV light does nothing for pollutant particles; the air can still be full of harmful particulate matter. Plus, some bacteria can come back to life after being disinfected. While UV light somewhat disinfects, it doesn’t purify air, and research shows that UV’s disinfection potential for air may be exaggerated.

Good news! We’re offering you TWO CHANCES to win top of the line solutions in air purification and air quality monitoring for your home from our friends at IQAir. Winners Will Receive: 1st Prize: A handmade Klaus Room Air Purifier (ARV $2,500); 2nd Prize: A bundle of Atem Desk and AirVisual (ARV $668). YES, that’s a total value of $3,168.00! Click below to enter (and share with a friend or loved one who could benefit from breathing clean, fresh and purified air. Sweepstakes open to residents of the United States. Ends 12/11/18.