Elon Musk has a penchant for silly names. He claims his cars’ ventilation system has a Bioweapon Defense Mode. They described it in a press release: Inspired by the air filtration systems used in hospitals, clean rooms, and the space industry, we developed a HEPA filtration system capable of stripping the outside air of pollen, bacteria, and pollution before they [...]
Urban air pollution has been classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) among the top ten health risks humans face. One major source of air pollution is tailpipe emissions from vehicles, which become the most concentrated and dangerous at red lights and traffic jams. UK researchers pollution levels inside cars are 40 percent higher under these circumstances. Furthermore, their investigation [...]
Pinturas, desinfectantes, ambientadores, aerosoles, ropa lavada al seco, computadoras, impresoras y hasta muebles. ¿Quién no tiene algún elemento de esta lista en casa? Según la Agencia de Protección Medioambiental de Estados Unidos, hay miles de productos de uso diario que son fuente de Compuestos Orgánicos Volátiles (COV), o en otras palabras, fuente de gases altamente tóxicos que estimulan la aparición [...]
Office workers in Edinburgh are suffering health problems from indoor air pollution, a new survey has found. YouGov said that the survey commissioned by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), the trade organisation for building engineering services contractors, reports that 79 per cent of office workers surveyed in Edinburgh with poor air quality in their place of work feel that [...]
Las plantas le dan vida a cualquier ambiente y, son capaces de transformar una esquina vacía, o mitigar el efecto de una pared que divide ambientes, en lugar de unirlos. Pero, lo que pocos conocen es que estas no solo son útiles por motivos estéticos, sino que también pueden ayudar a mejorar la calidad del aire que respiramos, como si [...]
