TAG Heating & Cooling
Business Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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20 Central Ave.
Ayer, MA 01432
(978) 772-1118 |
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Here are a few facts that you may not have known:
1. 7.6 million children suffer from asthma.
2. There has been a 200% increase in childhood asthma over the last 20 years.
3. Death from asthma is increasing in children less than 11 yrs old, by 7% per yr.
4. Asthma causes 14 million missed school days per year.
5. Children are more vulnerable than adults to many airborne contaminants.
6. 60 million people suffer from allergies and asthma in America.
7. Asthma cases have almost doubled in the last decade.
8. 94% of all respiratory ailments are caused by polluted air.
9. The EPA ranks indoor air pollution as one of the top five environmental dangers.
10. Indoor air is 2 to 100 times more polluted than the WORST outdoor air.
11. Americans spend more than 90% of their time indoors.
12. 87% of American homeowners are not aware that pollution is worse indoors.
13. Tight homes are the primary reason for the rise on indoor air problems.
14. Dust mites thrive in tight homes and feed upon human skin flakes.
15. Cats, dogs and birds produce huge amounts of allergens.
16. Each person can shed up to 700,000 skin scales per day.
17. About 40,000 dust mites can thrive in one ounce of dust.
18. Approximately 15% of the U.S. population is allergic to dust mite feces.
19. Americans are becoming very cautious about the food we eat to stay healthy.
20. We don't consider that the air we are breathing could be harming us.
21. As a nation we've recognized the benefits of drinking two quarts of clean water.
22. Americans spend over $7 billion dollars annually on bottled water.
23. We inhale approximately 15,000 quarts of air each day.
24. The air we breathe each day weighs more that the food we eat each day.
25. We can only see about 1% of the airborne pollutants with the naked eye.
26. Clean air can extend the life and increase the efficiency of a comfort system.
27. Medical experts estimate that we take in and expel 20,000 breathes a day.
28. Keeping relative humidity between 40 and 60 percent minimizes adverse health effects.
29. 100 microns can fit on the end of a human hair.
30. Dust mites range in size from 30-60 microns.
31. Nine out of ten homes have a particulate problem.
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