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December 2007
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Improving your air quality
Air purifiers alone won't clean the air or relieve asthma or allergy symptoms

Basic steps can be more effective than air purifiers, according to experts, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Lung Association. Less expensive options include:

  • Banning indoor smoking

  • Keeping pets out of bedrooms

  • Removing carpeting and other dust-mite harbors

  • Opening windows whenever possible

  • Using outdoor-venting fans in the bathroom and kitchen

  • Maintaining heating equipment

Avoid ozone generators, which emit hazardous levels of ozone. They should be used only by professionals after serious contamination from a fire or flood, not for routine air cleaning.

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