Jason Earle

We’re in the mold-detection business, but there are many things in the air in most homes that can be almost as harmful to some people’s health as the irritants and toxins produced by fungal growth. Even in the cleanest of homes, you can have billions of microscopic particles in your home’s air that you really don’t want to inhale.

The smallest of these particles remain airborne virtually forever, meaning you don’t get rid of them by dusting or vacuuming. In fact, they will go right through most vacuum cleaner bags and filters, so you end up just redistributing them. And they’re so tiny you’ll never see them as dust you can clean.

What’s worse, the tiniest of particles are the most easily inhaled deep into the lungs, where they get a chance to do the most harm. We’re talking about things like mold spores, of course, which are everywhere even if you don’t have a mold problem, plus human and animal skin cells, dander, dust mites, dust mite excrement and so on.

So even without a mold problem, or even after an extensive mold remediation project, the air in your home can be loaded with stuff you don’t want to breathe.

What’s the solution? Well, we published an extensive article on just that in a recent edition of our seasonal magazine, Habitat Quarterly. I’m talking about air purifiers. We’ll tell you what they are, how they work, which ones to avoid, and which ones we highly recommend.

You can read the article here on 1800gotmold.com, or in the online version of Habitat Quarterly. Take a deep breath, and go there now.