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Depending on your specific location for celebrating the Chinese New Year, you may experience different traditions and various foods being served. Whether celebrating in China or in the United States, we at Austin Air wish everyone participating in Chinese New Year festivities great fortune, happiness, wealth and longevity in the New Year!

While some healthy individuals are not as affected by the coldest air of the season, those who are vulnerable or have pre-existing respiratory conditions should take precautions to ensure their personal health safety.

As members of the VDTA-SDTA, we are proud to be a part of the VDTA-SDTA 2015 Trade Show, where we are always pleased to learn new things and see so many of Austin Air’s dealers. Here is a recap of this international event, taking place in Las Vegas!

The Hidden Dangers of E-Cigarettes While cigarette smoking has decreased significantly in the past few decades, down from about 42% of the American population in 1965 – approximately 18% of Americans are still smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes. That’s a total...

Activated carbon - you may have heard of it in the past, but you may not know what it is or what it can be used for unless perhaps you have studied medicine, chemistry, or survivalist techniques. While mankind has been using carbon, in one form or another, to purify contaminates and neutralize odors for thousands of years, the process of activating carbon has only gained traction in the past few hundred years. Carbon works to filter contaminants by trapping chemicals within the pore structure of a carbon particles, so the more porous and cavernous the carbon, the better the toxins will be adsorbed.

As winter carries on, most of us in colder climates try to avoid the bad weather at all costs, which means spending most of our time indoors. And to ensure we stay as warm as possible, we work to keep our homes well insulated and free from drafts and leaky windows. In recent years, as it’s become a very popular form of home improvement to keep heating bills down but as it turns out, this may not be so good for our respiratory health.

It’s invisible. It’s odorless. It’s tasteless. It’s the number one cause of lung cancer for non-smokers in America. It may be in your home, and you wouldn’t even know it. It’s radon – a radioactive gas that is thought to contribute to tens of thousands of deaths each year and it’s relatively common. The good news is that if unsafe levels of radon are detected in your home, you can fix the problem. For this reason January is National Radon Action Month, to encourage people to test for radon. So make sure to take action and protect yourself and your loved ones from potential harmful radon exposure.

As the 2014 holiday season comes to an end, we bring in 2015 with New Year’s Eve parties, trips to watch the annual ball drop, and of course the traditional singing of “Auld Lang Syne”. Times Square during the ball drop, or a similar outdoor celebration in your area, can often be a dizzying and sometimes dangerous experience. If you plan on going out, here are some quick ideas to stay safe...

A team from Harvard Medical School examined the heart function of 573 elderly men over 11 years. They found that if the men ate foods containing large amounts of flavonoids on days when air pollution levels were high, they were far less likely to experience the changes in their heart function that could put them at risk of suffering a heart attack. In this article, we will examine flavonoids and the foods they can be found in.