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What Is Sick Building Syndrome?
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a name for a condition that’s thought to be caused by being in a building or other type of enclosed space. It’s attributed to poor indoor air quality. However, the precise cause is unknown. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, poor indoor air quality can be found in about 30 percent of new and remodeled buildings.
What Causes Sick Building Syndrome?
The term “sick building syndrome” is used when the exact cause of your symptoms can’t be identified. However, there are a variety of possible causes you can ask your doctor about.
Can Sick Building Syndrome Be Prevented?
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the air quality within and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants. Understanding and controlling common pollutants indoors can help reduce your risk of indoor health concerns.
The Answer is Our Bio- Contaminant And Carbon Reduction System – CBCR System
However Indoor Air Quality, can be treated.
Our CBCR System Reduces –
• Bacteria in the air up to 90%.
• Bacteria on surfaces up to 95%.
• Carbon dioxide reduced by up to 50%.
• Molds in the area reduce by up to 75%.
• Air Purification Gel (APG) Designed To Eliminate The Lowest Micron Contaminant.
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Contamination in Hvac Systems
Many studies have proven that the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems can become contaminated with organic pollutants, bacteria, and fungi, as well as by particulate matter derived from mice, insects, and nematodes.
Since the ducting systems confect’s all rooms in the building, if building’s central HVAC system is contaminated, bacteria will continue to grow in the ductwork and circulate in the airflow, spreading to every area.
If you have your HVAC system regularly maintained, this is no guarantee of preventing future outbreaks. One good example of this is Cruise Ships!
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Among The Possible Symptoms Are:
| Chills Fatigue Nausea Dizziness Irritability Headaches Body Aches Runny Nose | Forgetfulness Throat Irritation Breathing Difficulties Dry, Itchy Skin Rashes Tightness In The Chest Difficulty Concentrating Burning Sensations In The Nose Fever Allergy-Like Symptoms, Such As Sneezing |
How Does It Work?
Air Purification Gel (APG) is a suspension of tea tree oil (TTO) in form of evaporating gel or liquid. Air Purification Gel is designed to evaporate when air flows over the gel and carry the tea tree oil molecules with it into the air and throughout the coverage area.
As the Air Purification Gel releases particles of TTO, they come in contact with bacteria, viruses, mould, fungi spores and other microbes in the air and on surfaces, it disrupts the cell membrane and they are eliminated!
Suitable Applications
Schools
Hotels & Spa’s
Shopping Malls
Residential Houses
Industrial Buildings
Transportation Hubs
Mass Transit Systems
Commercial Buildings
Hospitals / Clean Rooms / Operating Theatres
About Hepa Filters
A HEPA filter can be an important part of common air purifier systems to improve the air quality in your home or workplace.
But there are a lot of misconceptions about the HEPA standard, whether or not an air purifier or filter truly meets the HEPA standard and what a HEPA filter can and can’t do.
Let’s take a look at what the HEPA standard means and how a HEPA filter can deal with various types of pollutants in your home.
To understand how HEPA works, think of it as mesh of tangled fibres. The sheet is usually folded into pleats to increase the surface area and filter life. Air flows through the fibres and large enough particles get trapped when they hit the fibres. So it’s a size game which very clearly helps understand what HEPA can filter and what not.
HEPA works well and is effective at removing large enough particulate matter like pet dander, pollen and dust mites. Other particulates can be caught but continue to cause concern on the filter such as mould, bacteria, viruses or fungi.
VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are airborne chemicals that mostly derive from off-gassing of building materials or products in our homes or work place as well as cleaning products aside from other sources like beauty products.
The most concerning health effect associated with VOCs is that some are well-known carcinogens. HEPA filters are unable to remove VOC’s as they simply are far smaller in size than what can be trapped.
Viruses: Much like VOCs, viruses are also too small to be removed.
Despite this fact, HEPA based products were marketed for a long time with the claim to protect from viruses. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now regulated that HEPA filter-based products can no longer make that claim.
Bacteria: While bacteria are large enough to be trapped, bacteria are understood to release endotoxins into the air stream when dying on the air filter surface. Studies have demonstrated that endotoxins cause inflammatory and atopic responses in none-asthmatic and asthmatic participants.
Mould: Mould spores are large enough to be caught in HEPA filters but stay alive on the filter surface. Other particles that accumulate and fill the filter start acting as nutrients and allow mould spores to potentially grow on and through the filter membrane and eventually release new spores into the air.
It is important to say that frequent replacement of filters is critical since pathogens collected on the filter can include live organisms and eventually pathogens are re-released into the air.
A HEPA filter needs to be understood only to be a part of the solution in improving your indoor air quality. As you can tell above, HEPA has many shortcomings, particularly for submicron particulates such as VOCs and viruses.
Zero Plastic Inside
As a manufacturer of certified natural anti-viral products, we neither use solid microplastics nor liquid plastics as ingredients in our BCS Anti-Viral Products. BCS Ant-Viral is proud to be 100% microplastic free, and carries the Zero Plastic Inside logo.
