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Let’s Tweet About Breathing Easy: Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality
Healthy Child
Monday, August 09, 2010
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We breathe more than we eat. We breathe more than we drink. We are breathing all the time, but how often do you stop to think about what exactly you are breathing? Probably not nearly as much as how often you consider what else you’re putting in your body.
Yet, it’s no less important, especially for young children who breathe faster than adults – inhaling 50% more air per pound of body weight.
Air pollution is obvious when you’re caught in a plume of fumes from a diesel truck or when the wind blows smoke in your face from a camp fire or grill, but even when you can’t see the air, it can still be heavily contaminated. Even more importantly, the worst air is generally inside, where most people spend roughly 90% of their time. Not to worry, it’s typically very easy to improve indoor air quality.
Join us Thursday August 12 at 6pmPST/9pmEST to learn all the easy tips for cleaning up indoor air and how to deal with outdoor air as well. We’ll be talking about reducing pollutants and preventing and addressing allergies and asthma. Our special guest will be Gwen from Allergic Living Magazine who will be weighing in on asthma and allergy issues.
RSVP for your chance to win great prizes!
This week we have a special GRAND PRIZE! Rabbit Air, our Trusted Partner, has graciously donated a Cherry Blossom Air Purifier as a prize!
What makes a Rabbit Air purifier so special?
- Uses a BIOGS HEPA filter, which traps and immediately destroys allergens such as dust mites and pollen versus the conventional HEPA air purifiers that trap allergens, which then accumulate on the filter interfering with efficiency.
- Runs using a Brushless Direct Current Motor, which is significantly more quite and more efficient unit then other air purifiers.
- Detects the amount of pollutants in your environment using highly sensitive odor and particle sensors and then adjusts the speed accordingly.
And, of course, we have our regular roundup of fantastic prizes:
Prize #1: Itsabelly's Guide to Going Green with Baby, Swaddle Blanket, Pocket Guides
Prize #2: Klean Kanteen, Green Baby Fuzzy Hat, Think Baby Bottles, New Mothers Journal, Pocket Guides
Prize #3: New Mothers Journal, Think Baby Bottles, Healthy Child Healthy World Book, Pocket Guides
Prize #4: Dr. Greene's Raising Baby Green book, Weil Baby glass baby bottles, Pocket Guides
Note: Currently we can only ship prizes in the US. Still, everyone is welcome to join!
Posted by m tomas on 10/01/2010 at 05:27 PM
Before you buy any smaller hepa filter air purifier you need to read up on its filter. How often does it have to be changed and how much does each one cost?
Posted by Jackie on 08/11/2010 at 09:17 PM
In Los Angeles, clean air seems to be one of our greatest concerns. Traffic, pollution, over-population. Let’s hope we can get the word out before its too late for our kids. There are a lot of cities in LA picking up on the green trend, but we need to make it a lifestyle choice.
Posted by Melissa on 08/11/2010 at 07:51 PM
Hopeing to make it but can’t promise to since I’ll be at Six Flags on vacation tomorrow and not sure when we’ll be back home! :D Have fun if I don’t get home in time!
Posted by Mandy Mccalister on 08/11/2010 at 06:48 PM
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Posted by m tomas on 10/02/2010 at 10:25 AM
Before you buy any smaller hepa filter air purifier you need to read up on its filter. How often does it have to be changed and how much does each one cost? You may be surprised at how many smaller hepa air purifiers appear to be a great bargain, until you do the math on filter costs and find out you’ll be spending the same amount over time that you would on a larger unit.