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How To Choose the Right Air Purifier for Every Room in Your House
And your car
Bad air quality can take years off your life. I used to think that air pollution was mainly an annoyance. But in doing research for an article about wildfire smoke last year, I learned that poor quality air, especially air with a lot of small particulate matter (referred to as PM2.5), can be deadly. During a recent series of wildfires in California, scientists estimated that wildfire smoke killed more than 3,000 people — about 300 times more than died in the fires themselves. Small particulates in polluted air can enter your bloodstream, and even reach your brain. Worldwide, air pollution kills 4.2 million people per year.
You don’t have much control over the air quality outdoors. It’s primarily determined by weather, heavy industry, automobile traffic near your home, and similar factors. But you have a lot of control over the air quality inside your home. With the right tech, you can turn it into a clean air sanctuary for you and your family.
The best way to do this is to install HEPA air purifiers. I invested in a Temtop P10 meter to measure fine particulates and measure the Air Quality Index inside my home and found that air purifiers really do work to dramatically improve your home’s air…
