On average, a person takes between 17,000-30,000 breaths a day.
The Environmental Working Group did a study 10 years ago that discovered that babies are born with an average of 200 toxic chemicals in their systems. Over 180 of them are known carcinogens.
It was believed the placenta acted as a barrier to protect the fetus from such things. That study showed otherwise.
How do these get in there?
They get there via the air we breathe, the foods we eat, and the things we put directly onto our skin – that get into the bloodstream.
Since changing professions nearly a decade ago, to become a naturopath, and educator, air purification has been one area that has eluded us. Aside from HEPA filters, which filter out particulate matter, we’ve been SOL when it comes to cleaning the air we breathe.
Many of us are already doing so much to help give our bodies a chance to be as healthy as we can. We eat clean, organic foods, we drink pure water, we take supplements to support our bodies, we exercise. But we can’t do much about the air we breathe – until now.
And let’s be honest her. Air filtration, is not sexy.
But it is vital to our health.
Dust, pollen, dander, allergens – these are particulates that can bother many people.
What if you don’t happen to be someone that suffers from known allergies? Does that mean you’re in the clear?
I’m here to share something that you may wish you never really knew. But now that you do, you’ll be able to do something about it.
Do you know that every night you sleep on your mattress, that your body absorbs .8 mg of antimony every night?
That’s 27 times the level that the EPA deems safe.
What’s worse, is that children absorb more than 63 times the EPA safe levels of antimony, nightly.
What’s antimony?
It’s a heavy metal, considered by some to be far more toxic to humans than mercury.
Those of you who are parents, remember being told to limit how much tuna you eat during pregnancy, because of the potential mercury content?
Yet you are sleeping every night on a mattress, that due to regulations, off-gasses antimony, formaldehyde, and other known chemicals. (unless you have purchased an organic mattress that is).
As of July 1, 2007 – all US mattresses are required to be doused in flame retardants, to the point that they can sustain a blow torch for 30 mins straight, without igniting. And manufacturers are not required to disclose this information.
Until recently, the best we could really do was filter particles. Now, we can filter out the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that off gas from carpets, furniture, paint, fabrics, and more. 99.99% of them, to be exact.
In the past, I spoke about removing items from your home that off-gas, and to get a HEPA filter, but other than that, there was not much else to do.
I’m on a crusade to educate as many people about the importance of healthy air, and that there is now actually a purification system that will get at all 3 types of air pollution – particulate matter, VOC, and bioaerosols (mold, bacteria, viruses).
Stay tuned, and I’ll be expanding on this topic more in the near future. In the meantime, if you are interested in protecting your family, please do reach out to me and I’ll share with you what I now use in my home.