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Real Talk Live: Indoor Air Pollution!
Did you know that the air quality in your home is 2-5 times worse than the air quality outside?! Join Nadia and Alina as they talk about hidden sources of indoor pollution that could be causing symptoms like allergies, headaches or brain fog, and the exact strategies on how to improve the air quality in your home.
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I party so welcome back to another episode of Real Talk I'm dr. Nadia comenta snatcher Pathak Doctor
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whoa feedback whoa anyways guys today we
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have you know what actually at first I wasn't that interested to talk about today's topic but then we started
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learning about it and getting into it and it turns out that in the indoor air
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pollution is what we're addressing today and how it actually affects everybody
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dedicated their entire mission is dedicated towards improving indoor air
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quality so they actually have a lot of products like air purifiers and filters
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and non-toxic products to improve indoor air quality and filter out things that cause issues and people things like
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allergens fragrances VOCs dust bacteria there is so much that we hadn't really
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considered no and companies like embark lens are teaching us yeah about these
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products as well and how important they are absolutely what you guys just saw is actually one of their air purification
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units so we're gonna talk a little bit about that in a bit stay tuned we will
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be rolling our intro and be right back [Music]
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welcome back guys welcome back guys so indoor air pollution so this is
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interesting and in a second we're gonna roll some Streeters for you guys as well cuz we went to the streets of Toronto
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talking to people about indoor air pollution and it's not something that's really top of mind because the first
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thing when you think about pollution you're always thinking about the outdoors mhm smog pollution cityscapes
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cars exhaust fumes and a lot of people are very surprised actually when you
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find out so here's a stat actually for you guys that I asked people in the street errs to is that our indoor air
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quality is actually around two to five times worse inside so what exactly like
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what do you mean when you say that our indoor air is 2 to 5 times yeah lower
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quality times worse than outdoor air so there was a study done by the EPA Environmental Protection Agency this was
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done a little bit earlier in late 80s 90s but they did tests around 12 or the
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most common organic pollutants okay or the pollutants in the air and they
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tested it outside and inside and they found that it was up to 2 to 5 times higher inside which actually it makes
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sense it does because air flow in a home yeah and the stagnant amount of air in a
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home would be much higher and it's a condensed space versus outside where
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things can be diluted moved etcetera you know it's funny the way I think about it is sort of an equation where its outdoor
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and air pollution plus all the things in your home equals indoor air pollution where I outdoor air
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pollution is just outdoor air pollution right so what's that from outside that you bring in every time you walk in and
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you open the window and it's all the things inside - that's really true actually yeah and I mean we're gonna get
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into who feels the effect most of who is most susceptible to the effects of
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indoor air pollution and who is most at risk of having bad quality air indoors
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yeah but why don't we take a look at the Streeters fantastic people of Toronto
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and what they had to say about indoor air pollution let's roll [Music]
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hi guys this is Alina from the hardy soul and we're here in the streets of Toronto asking people if they ever think
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about indoor air pollution or consider it at all here's what they had to say first question what comes to your mind
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when you think of pollution exhaust from cars sitting and idling in traffic I think about smog like a car pollution
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air pollution general dirt in the environment when someone says pollution
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do you ever think about the air inside your home sometimes like mold and all
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kinds of things inside the house that can be like making you sick and you never realize exactly so it's actually two to five times worse right yeah
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that's crazy that's pretty bad not much I can really
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do I try to deed us as much as I can and watch for mold and everything definitely an air purifier would be good because my
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dog gets actually this stuff in his eye from allergies inside well I live in a
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condo and it's I moved in pre-construction so if you can think about all the stuff going on outside
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construction and concrete dust virtually have a buildup on our floors in the condo of concrete dust every day so at
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one of the first things we did was buy an air purifier how often do you dust or cleaning vacuum once every two weeks
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like a minor dusting like every like week or week and a half I'm a really bad cleaner so probably not as much as I
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said guys see any symptoms in yourself like
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allergies or congestion I guess maybe like dry eyes when they have allergies
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to dust so yeah sometimes yeah I got like hives if I'm if it's dusty and I'm
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cleaning and so my boyfriend on the other hand gets has pretty much like a chronic cough since we moved into the
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condo sometimes like it got a bit like more like a horse and I know something like I wake up just one day and I'm like oh I'd sound terrible guys hope you guys
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enjoyed that and then you know what's interesting there is that so many people were surprised all right which is I I
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don't like I don't feel I would be the same this is kind of it's not completely
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new to me but the severity and the amount of indoor air pollution and the solutions
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to it are all very new to me yeah so a lot of those people that you guys saw - you know some of them in heard of air
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purifiers but some just didn't know what to do really beyond just like dusting yeah or what other methods there really
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are to improve air quality we're talking about a humidifier yeah which more people I would say are familiar with
6:52
than an actual air purifier so actually now that we are touching upon it what is the difference then between a
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humidifier and an air purifier although we are gonna get into air purifiers a bit more later on mm-hmm since we
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brought it up well it's exactly what it sounds like guys a humidifier is an adding humidity to the air and so
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different examples of why people use humidifiers especially in the colder winter months when the air can be very
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dry that can actually end up being irritating to a lot of your mucous membranes so the inside of your mouth
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and your eyes and your nose so adding a little bit of moisture to the air can be soothing and beneficial and actually
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help reduce some illnesses colds and flus now the interesting thing about an air
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purifier is when we're actually talking about so microorganisms like molds in the home
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we do not want humidity right because humidity and moisture and misses all of those
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things that's moving increased mold in the homes yeah yeah mold loves the moist
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okay so we are gonna talk more about mold very very short boys to the gross or yeah more reasons not to like mold
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but actually that's a great point so mold is one of those sources I guess it'd be great to recap for you guys as
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well what other sources are of pollutants because people you should just think of dust yes or mold so but
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what else and actually I think even before we go there yeah who needs to pay
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attention so who is at risk like who and why do we care about indoor pollutants
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because this was important to me when I started looking at this was because I was like oh is does this apply to
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absolutely everyone on the one hand it does because everyone for the most part hopefully is fortunate enough to live in
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a sheltered home however there's definitely certain people and populations who are more at risk and
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more affected by poor quality indoor air so for example if you are someone who
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suffers from severe allergies or have asthma your indoor air quality will
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affect your symptoms I'd say allergic type conditions things
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like eczema or psoriasis if you find you're more sensitive to air tense and triggers maybe at home absolutely so a
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big thing is actually individuals who suffer from something called multiple chemical sensitivity air purifiers and
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the quality of their indoor air actually can be significant when it comes to
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reducing the triggers that cause their symptoms so so it's interesting actually
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the company that we mentioned earlier in viruses I believe that part of their mission statement and the reason that
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they actually started the company too was for that very reason for multiple chemical sensitivity yes I want to ask
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you because you're pointing at me with your pen
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because I think a lot of people are gonna be wondering this as well yeah is is multiple chemical sensitivity a real
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thing yes I I'm not sure if it has an actual diagnosis or if it's recognized in the medical field as yet so what are
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your thoughts on that for sure yeah and it is actually really interesting because it is quite controversial and really what makes it
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so controversial is it has not been excruciating ly clear what causes what
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is the at what is at root of causing the symptoms associated with someone who suffers from multiple chemical
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sensitivity so as it stands right now it's actually not recognized as
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legitimate diagnosis except for in Germany and Austria interesting which is
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interesting and now I think it's also important to note just because it's not
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defined as a medical diagnosis that doesn't mean that the symptoms that
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individuals suffer are not real for
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example cannot stand the scent of perfume and some people don't like the scent of perfume at all but for them
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they feel nauseous right or they have a headache yeah and they are sensitive to the
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smallest of things and everything needs to be fragrance free odour free so they're not making it up and not in
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their heads and there's multiple people with the situation so yeah it seems like it definitely does exist oh for sure the
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symptoms are very real but the cause the exact cause of why that happens to
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someone isn't fully understood right now and I think it's important to note so as
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a hallmark to you to those who are even wondering you know what does that even mean what what are the symptoms of
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someone who has multiple chemical sensitivities you're really looking at symptoms that affect multiple organ
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systems so not only would you potentially get migraines your eyes can become irritated you might get skin
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sensitivities brain fog pain nausea
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discomfort a variety of diffuse and hard to pinpoint symptoms yeah it's like you
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could always so many other things yeah oh is this a gluten intolerance yeah am i just not
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working out and mine is sleeping properly so then you probably feel like a bit of a crazy person you can't have for sure like yeah it seems right and
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absolutely and these are also so what it's referred to is a diagnosis of exclusion which really means it's kind
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of you go through the list of possible things it could be and when none of these make sense
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it is kind of the catch-all of what it could be at the end which can be frustrating so taking so many others
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exactly yes and it can be really you know devastating for people who suffer
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from it because I'm sure that I don't even want to know how many doctors that they've gone to see that don't
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understand the symptoms or can't pinpoint a cause and then they end up feeling like people don't believe them
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or they're making their symptoms up and I mean that can be utterly frustrating for any patient no could you have
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multiple chemical sensitivity to put just a few things though like one or two certain triggers or is it you are
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sensitive to a broad range of things and I ask because you know specifically thinking about me when it comes to
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regular perfumes mm-hmm I've noticed when I go to parties and there's a lot of women wearing their Chanel and their
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Gucci and those perfumes that's when I get red eyes bright and watery and I'm
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sneezing like amazing but it doesn't happen that much in other environments so so when I would specifically that's a
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really good example that is almost a clear trigger case whereas someone who has exactly as it says multiple chemical
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sensitivities they are in the name but
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no it's a good question they really those can be triggers for them but they're getting triggered by a multitude
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of different things that can be hard to fully pinpoint and eliminate but as you
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mentioned kind of it so in viral cleanse this company that we're talking about the most today they specifically created
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a lot of their air purification units to help remove those triggers that exist in
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the as irritants okay but that's a big one yeah okay so it seems MCs we've
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definitely talked about those are some people who would really benefit from air purifiers or improving their indoor air
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quality but there are so many other people yeah lots of other people who if
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you live in a basement if you live in a warm climate warm or humid climate yeah
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you know mold mold thrives as we mentioned mold loves moist I think also
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someone who lives in an area where there's a lot of construction - yeah so yes there's a city environment probably
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everyone would benefit from something like an air purifier but what if you're around a lot of construction all the
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time solution and you usually keep your windows open and even if there's a frame guys even if there's a screen right yeah
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so letting those things in and or if you have no windows because that means that
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your air flow is completely reduced no ventilation absolutely and I mentioned the moisture because mold so we're gonna
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get into mold but mold is serious like very dangerous mold is actually
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extremely dangerous and sometimes it's visible but a lot of the times it's actually not yeah so and there's
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different kinds of mold that we're gonna get into too but who else it's also children children the elderly the
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elderly they are very vulnerable and actually I was thinking of new parents too oh yeah cuz you really want to be
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careful in your home cuz your babies have very weak immune systems in the beginning you want to make sure that
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your indoor air quality is awesome yeah also because your children are on the
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floor or touching lots of surfaces they are eating everything they're exploring
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the world with their mouths so everything yeah or if you know you or if
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you have a lot of pets in the house oh my god anyone with pets yeah gonna be hair all over the place especially pet
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dander yep yeah absolutely older homes if you live in an older home or if you live in a home where a smoker
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used to live that can be really damaging because the toxins emitted from that it's extremely difficult to get that out
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of the pain on your walls carpeting if you have a ton of carpeting in your home carpets
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are one they're literally a sponge for a lot of the toxins and the dust and allergens that can accumulate in your
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home and you know what else I just thought of people who are maybe renovating their homes oh yeah if you're renovating it's always
16:46
a state a bit of construction I guess yeah that's definitely we're gonna have more airborne particles and dust
16:52
bothering you or even a new home and VOCs where you have you know you have varnishes and chemical treatments and
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cleaners and different things that are emitting their own that they all contribute to the quality of your air
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duralee this is what happened we started I mean because we prepare for these shows right and we sit together we talk
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about well we want to go through and as we started researching this topic we were kind of like oh man I think this
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applies to everybody yeah nice to me oh my god do you have a cab yeah I live in a city there's construction here buy so
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it applies to so many of us guys yeah okay so that's who should I guess be concerned definitely some people are a
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bit more susceptible to others yeah but it seems everyone should be interested in this topic now we should talk about
17:45
sources yes absolutely and you touched upon one nolde most let's talk mold and
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then I will talk volatile organic compounds okay cuz mold is the real deal guys so there's three major types of
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mold that you can find in your house at varying levels of severity so you have
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allergenic mold which exactly is the name states is a common cause for allergens things like dust particles yes
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and then you have pathogenic mold which can cause things like infections so
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sinusitis and other more pathological diseases that kind of caused from it and
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then you actually have toxic mold so that's the scary black mold I've seen all over the internet which people
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usually say do not touch and let an expert investigate yeah no black mold is
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no joke it can be fatal actually it can severely damage your
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lungs kill you okay so it's been linked to some cancers I believe to death the
18:46
death mole black mold equals death most serious seriously yeah yeah it's not a joke yeah so if you guys do see mold in
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your home really into video you're a
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pollution in the last couple of hours and especially black mold seriously yeah seriously if you do see black holes and
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especially in places like your the grouting in your bathroom I think is where alone no see it yes right like in
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those corners you just sort of see it start growing absolutely any areas of your home that comes into any sort of
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high moisture so think bathrooms basements kitchen if you've actually
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previously had flooding or piping issues any of those areas are susceptible to to
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mold and you know what anyone any part of our audience right now has been exposed to the hurricane perhaps too
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yeah letting an extra rain this year this is something to keep in mind yeah absolutely not that there I mean
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obviously there is enough heartache and trouble that you would be going through right now but seriously thinking about
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the effect that mold might have afterwards is something to think about
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okay so that's mold mold scary yeah
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number one you volatile organic compounds yes is that how it's
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pronounced I think it's VOCs VOCs but sure bucks you heard it first
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on realtalk when not in aleena a box but volatile organic compounds are basically
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these chemicals that are emitted in the form of gases from products such as
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varnishes and paint so yeah upholstery
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as well so it's a lot of things in your homes guys yeah definitely in some and
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you know what it usually comes hand-in-hand on with fragrances yeah as well at the same time fragrances and
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things like your laundry detergent actually those fragrance or fragrance I guess but VOCs in your dry
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cleaning as well because when you think about it guys and you go and get your dry cleaning back does that have that
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dry cleaning smell I know sometimes it does okay no maybe you shouldn't
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after learning about indoor air pollution or you should do a green or eco-friendly dry cleaner which we're
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gonna talk about with these guys as well in a bit but yeah dry cleaning too is submersion of BOC calls perc and that
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smell that you have afterwards and dry cleaning that's that's that's what that
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is so one solution and we'll talk about alternatives to would be to even hang your dry cleaning okay guys so we've got
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mold we've got VOCs we also have so fragrances a separate category separate
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separate hand-in-hand we also have potential pesticides which I thought was interesting this is more so and I yeah
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I'd have to kind of take a look at the research myself I briefly looked but there has been some tracking of outdoor
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pesticides being brought into the home space especially if you are living close
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to farmlands etc that could be a real problem too there was a study actually before they
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found and I will link to the study afterwards as well where they found that 80% of exposure
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one person's exposure to pesticides you get eighty percent of it at home whoa versus outdoors so you think you'd
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get it outdoors as much but it's actually what you sort of bring back with you in our interesting pesticides
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and sometimes even things and things like disinfectants huh that you have at
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home right they are essentially pesticides or on the testicular tooth if you just leave them there and they're Oh
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like not you've opened them once but they're not contained got it still going into the air too which is crazy yeah no
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you really don't and this is where things like yeah cuz they're so subtle and I mean when you think of the air we
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breathe if it doesn't have a scent or you can't see it and you really can't
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live without it yeah it's difficult to think on how to measure and we're gonna get into how you can test your air
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quality and what to do you in at-home solutions but yeah anyway
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yeah that's the four biggest things I would say on top of of course just your
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regular household dust pretty familiar with now in terms of how to actually
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test it yeah we actually talked about no - is there a way to test nadia what
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would you do yeah so I think I mean on the one hand if you know that you're
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someone who already suffers from multiple chemical sensitivities or you have severe allergies thinking about an
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air purification system and trying to do as many things as possible to eliminate
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indoor air pollution kind of is a no-brainer but if you're really curious
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on how to test the air quality in your home there's a couple different ways you can do it yeah so there are actually at
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home kits that you can order you use the kit and then you actually end up sending
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it to a third party lab so for them to do run the tests and Diagnostics for you yeah and then there's actually stand
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devices or devices that you can keep in your home that kind of have a running tab you mid 'ti VOCs mold and one other
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one is a common one that they do consistent readings for and then can send you to a handy dashboard or an app
24:45
whatever one you're looking for it's really not hard to get these multiple
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ones I think some are chaos but some are specifically for mold if you're more worried about that some varieties yes
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because if you specifically are worried about mold and so with mold specifically you I mean initially what you want to do
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is a visual test so look to see if you can see it and any moisture ridden
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areas also smell so if you smell a really earthy pungent smell constantly
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that might be an indicator and if if you're really concerned do you want to
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get a professional you definitely want to get a professional in your home the
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black nestled the death mold yes you
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want to get an expert you want to get a professional in there to help so one
25:47
that actually just came to mind for me right now which maybe resonates with some of you guys too is mold on my
25:53
shower curtain I think everybody deals with this one when you started saying yeah do you visually see mold I was like
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yes they visually see more visually in my mind's eye thinking about my shower
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curtain which I have to keep changing that line or yeah that's one of those most moist places which is gonna get
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mold it's one of like you can't avoid it you just have to keep there my fears there must be mold free shower liners
26:19
there must there must be yeah I need you guys know any mold free shower liners
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because I think that this must be this must exist and I mean luckily if you have washable ones actually in viral
26:33
cleanse has they do have air purifiers but they also have a line of different products and some of which are laundry
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detergents that can help eliminate odors and especially if you're someone who
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does a lot of thrift shopping and it's very difficult to get some of those smells out specific they have a
26:55
proprietary blend of minerals and natural minerals and materials that actually eliminate the odor and don't
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just mask the odor with more fragrance which is a really common thing pull it
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over
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oh the granules the granules cuz you can just sort of sprinkle these wherever there is odor especially if you have
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carpets at home just sort of sprinkle away and then you
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can just clear it off after a yes so and remember guys it's important when you're
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thinking about either eliminating odor or indoor air pollutants you don't want
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to just trap and mask you actually want to eliminate so what that means is you
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want to be able to have a chemical reaction that is eliminating the cause of the irritant or the pollutant or the
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odor and that's actually a key differentiation between what common products do and what a lot of actual air
27:59
purifiers on the market do but in viral cleanse is really good and really interesting because they do both so not
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only do they trap the pollutants and odor but then they're actually not just keeping it there they're creating a
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chemical reaction which is eliminating the Polli yeah yes tell me about the
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technology the technology based on my research so whether it's in barra cleanse or another product which you do
28:32
want to look for I think many air purifiers are using carbon oh yes yes
28:38
carbon filtration just takes out things like dust and bacteria and your very
28:43
basic particles down in the air but it is not actually addressing things like
28:49
your VOCs or your mold or other chemicals and fragrances correct which I
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think environments actually can address because they're using nano technology
28:59
correct nano technology sounds so scientific yes and you're right they have to so they have to air purification
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monitors so if you guys are seriously concerned and you're in one of the population groups that we were talked
29:12
about before there's two types of units that environs currently offers they have
29:18
a UV unit which is their newer model which actually does have mold elimination and microorganisms are
29:25
destroyed through the UV filtration process and then they have their older model which is not the UV and is better
29:31
just for dust and common allergens you'll see ISM all those types of things
29:37
exactly yeah that's definitely what you guys want to look for in an air purifier and since now that we're on the topic of
29:42
ways to improve your indoor air quality so there's definitely other ways that you can improve the indoor air quality
29:47
of your home so number one open new windows does everyone air purifier we
29:54
feel like is one of those I guess no brainers especially if you have chemical sensitivities yeah allergens etc you can
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definitely get tested if you're more curious outside of an air purifier we
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have so many ideas yeah number one so ventilation and using a fan so again
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especially when I'm talking about moisture and mold in your bathroom if you don't have a fan right now it you
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should get one installed immediately because you want to make sure that not a lot of condescend khandhas condensation
30:27
is building up and staying there because that is just going to attract the mold yeah and I believe you want to make sure
30:36
that your vents are all directed towards it going outside yes as well just
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putting it back into the house like this yeah in your kitchen and your bathroom so you want to make sure the air is
30:47
going outside correct in terms of humidity because that's something you'd actually brought up earlier
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mm-hmm that you want to make sure your air is not too humid correct you actually want to be humidify the air now
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there's a way to actually test for it too um there is something you guys can buy again online it's like a human isn't
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what can I do it like that can I just test it is the 33% humidity levels I
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believe you want it to be like less than 50% is yeah you want to look for yeah
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and when it comes to humidity and I'm looking for the name of the exact thing I don't even know how to say this but
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I'm gonna try a hygrometer Oh hygrometer hy gr o meter high grow high grow or is
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it heat it should be high girl okay yeah but it's something help test your humidity levels okay yeah
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I'm not sure if I'm saying it right don't make fun of me guys but that is what you can do
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so definitely doing that and then sorry and just as a household cleaning agent
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and this is a good one too so if you guys do see some mold that you're concerned about you can create a couple
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natural at-home solutions to try and eliminate it yourself I actually love Sandra thank you for tuning in
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Sandra mentioned Gettis play a spray bottle mixed with bleach for mold so if
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you actually were looking for something a little bit more gentle I believe you can try a vinegar and even a tea tree
32:20
oil because tea tree oil can be antifungal and anti-inflammatory and
32:38
then the mold actually spreading [Music] absolutely yeah like your shower is
32:47
going to be absolutely a heavy duty
32:52
stuff okay so we had mentioned trying to dehumidifier at home air purifiers
32:59
ventilation get rid of your carpets yeah it's probably one okay I'm not saying
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that this is an easy thing to do all the carpets you're definitely not easy but it would be if there was one thing you
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wanted to invest in for the quality of your air it would be get rid of your carpets yeah yeah or just keep a couple
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area rugs here and there so your footsies don't get cold but in general
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you wanna you want to get rid of carpet or if you you're someone who just absolutely loves carpets you want to
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make sure you're cleaning them as thoroughly as possible or if you have old carpets get get rid of them and put
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in at least newer carpets as an option because again they're just sponges they just keep accumulating the all of the
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the skins and the pollutants and laughs i hate carpet
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I don't I hate yes yeah would be even or
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dogs or other pests no don't come inside
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to animal cruelty with animals oh my
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gosh so anyway ok guys be careful with yes and regularly cleaning it so that
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brings me actually to another point which all your cleaners vacuuming oh yeah yeah just particular maintenance of
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the home yeah yeah have time to do it as much it's sure hire someone even for a
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few hours a week if it's possible yeah just make sure it gets done it's really really important and actually as I'm
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thinking of cleaning I think that there's some people don't usually clean and then like you know what in the
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bedroom behind the bed under the bed the top of the headboard mmm we call the
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nooks and the crannies that's in the crannies because sometimes I can tell where I'm getting so stuffed up in the morning and I'm cleaning every week but
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then I'm like oh wait there's this little gap between my bed and the wall I'm what we call a convenient cleaner so
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if I don't get it's clean but if I hide it or move it yeah it's not there that's
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exactly like me yes because he watches
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to me lift objects he's like you have to clean under micromanager okay so yeah
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another one is HVAC filters yes so those
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can be used and they help to filter out air pollutants as you wouldn't imagine yeah and they could be put in furnaces
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air conditioner Emily yeah I'm not gonna say 100% okay
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but I'm pretty sure but the use of them and the regular renewal of them you want
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to use a lot Oh another great one actually it's not
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something I think people think about very often I know but this was a very surprising one for me but it's something
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you can do immediately tonight as well right now now for $9.99 go home and do
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this all you can do is when you have everyone has their cleaning supplies usually under their sink or somewhere or
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they're kept to the corner yeah you should try to keep it in an airtight container because they're still sort of
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leaking out or just trying to use
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non-toxic cleaning supplies when possible as well yeah and especially if
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you keep so we keep little paint as well that you don't end up using sometimes
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gonna use it for like spot cleaning don't give me a funny oh okay you know
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yes try to buy it in smaller quantities for a good call yeah yeah so don't buy
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it in big quantities where it's just releasing more of those VOCs at home
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apparently oh my gosh I know okay guys so as you can see indoor air pollution
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we are literally living in and breathing it and bathing it all the time we went
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through a couple reasons on and who would be most susceptible we talked a
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little bit about what causes indoor air pollution and then we started talking about what we can do about it so just a
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reminder this was sponsored by in viral cleanse so we have actually I think we
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have a shot of lineup of their product line they offer a bunch of different products all of which are extremely
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effective as well as gentle so they are all non-toxic and they've been
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meticulously tested by several different labs and authority figures so I think
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the US Army's protection for yeah the US there's a US Army Lab I have it
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written down I believe I will tell you oh yeah I did read them the way US Army Center for a health promotion and
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prevention yep so this is an independent lab guys who have tested their products Nelson Labs which is also really big one
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MPI research so that's good they know their stuff this is it this is it so if
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you guys are interested in checking out their line of products the lists of the link is below and it actually we I
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believe we have both links to both air purification units as well so the UV model which is more specifically for
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mold and the older model which is also for and we can actually show you a video
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on how it kind of looks it's not very big it's not a very big minute we put a
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plant on it we put a plant on it because we wanted to make it look a little yeah
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they don't take up too much space but they're powerful little machines and I believe yes can we roll the installation
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video oh we are rolling it right now great oh yes this is perfect right so
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they have replaceable filter pads that I believe lasts about two to three months depending on the size of your home and
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other unique factors everyday products
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as well outside of the air purifiers you know maybe you're not ready for that right now you want to try out some of
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their other products like the laundry enhancer yeah I'm sure I think is kind of cool yeah that just helps you can add
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it in with your laundry yes which isn't just going to add a bunch of perfume to
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mask the smell which I hate or any of
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these other odor eliminators there's odor eliminating pads these granules yeah lots of things to get rid of
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fragrances absolutely definitely do check them after researching them and
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now we're fans of indoor air quality yes ambassadors Oh Sara actually has a
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really good question yeah and this is this is good Sara asked what advice do you have for improving indoor air quality in the
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wintertime which is really good because most of the time we don't want to open our windows in the wintertime and in the
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wintertime is often when we would be more interested in having a humidifier so there's definitely different types of
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humidifiers you can get especially like a colder air humidifier that still does
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do some elimination as well as adding a little bit of moisture to the air can be helpful a lot of the other things that
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we mentioned so always using your ventilation if you have your fan in your bathroom when you're cooking you always
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want to make sure you have your overhead fan going making sure you're minimizing your chemical and vo sea exposure by
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using non-toxic chemicals in the home honestly I would say this is where air purifier is actually gonna come get more
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handy too because you can't have that ventilation or open your windows or maybe you don't even want fans as much
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because you're feeling cold yeah at home that's where I think an air purifier is very helpful yep absolutely perfect for
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all seasons yeah great question yeah very very good question but we have run
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