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Ethylene Oxide, what’s all the fuss?
Here at Austin Air we are often asked ‘Do your air purifiers remove chemicals? Can they deal with VOC’s? These are questions we answer ‘YES’ to every day. We have been manufacturing air purifiers for a long time. We know...
Pollutants lurking in your kitchen this Thanksgiving
As we head towards the holidays, food is on everyone’s mind. Over the next few days our kitchens will turn into hives of activity as we brine, boil and bake our Thanksgiving creations. But have you ever stopped to think...
Tomorrow is World COPD Day. A day to raise awareness on COPD and help others learn to live with the disease. COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the name given to a group of diseases that affects lung function...
Clean Air Helps to Heal Hashimoto’s Disease
This week we’ve partnered with Tracey Grant, a registered dietitian with a holistic approach to wellness. Back in 2014 Tracey was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Disease, an autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland. Hashimoto’s Disease occurs when the immune system...
Air Pollution Linked to Depression in Old Age
According to findings from a British research team, living in a heavily polluted area can increase our risk of suffering from depression by a third.1 The team looked at data from 13 European cities and found that people over the...
Do air quality monitors actually work? Not 100% experts say
Here at Austin, we are often asked, ‘Why don’t home air quality monitors always show a change in air quality after running an air purifier?’ The simple answer to this is, most in home air quality monitors don’t give an...
Air pollution linked to bipolar disorder
A study just published, found that exposure to high levels of air pollution, particularly early on in life, increases a person’s chances of developing bipolar disorder and severe depression as an adult. Teams from the US and Denmark looked at...
For years, the lung disease emphysema has been associated with long term smoking. But according to a recent US study, living in a highly polluted area can also increase the risk of developing the disease. Emphysema is a disease of...
Loss of vision linked to air pollution
Our research into the dangers associated with air pollution has uncovered some pretty dramatic findings over the years. But this latest study, from a team at the China Medical University in Taiwan, has to be up there as one of...