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Dust Mites...What the experts have to
say.
Mites can double in numbers in less
than 10 hours, and produce between 10 and 20 pieces of feces per day. That
is 100,000 dead bodies, and 30 million pieces of feces added to your home
each and every day! No home is immune.
Microscopic mite feces and corpses are small enough to be airborne and get
into your lungs. 80% of the 11 million Americans who suffer from allergies
are allergic to airborne mite refuse.
How bad is it? Well, one tenth of the weight of a 2 year old pillow is
dust mite feces. Your home is a dust mite nursery, and you could be
swimming in their unhealthy mire. They blow in from the outside, thrive on
dead skin cells and moisture from our breathing and perspiration They love
bedrooms!
What the experts have to say: Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, head of Allergic
Medicine at the University of Virginia Medical School, estimates that
somewhere between 500,000 and a million hospital visits are made each year
by patients allergic to bio-contaminants such as fungi, mites, and
bacteria. Dr. Michael Berry of the EPA states that "Carpeting and
fabrics not cleaned and properly maintained have the potential to cause a
variety of health problems inside the building environment."
Will your children have lifelong allergies because you didn't get your
carpets cleaned? The average person spends 90% of their time indoors.
Worse, recently the EPA put into the Congressional Record the fact that
indoor air is more polluted than outdoor air. Americans are literally
giving themselves and their children lifelong allergies with our
disgusting indoor air. Every time you walk into your house, you bring lots
of pollutants in with you--pollens, chemicals, soil, tar, dirt, car
exhaust, cigarette smoke, and thousands of other things. Then you shut the
door, and these pollutants have nowhere to go except where gravity takes
them--into your carpet! How bad are these pollutants? Well, for example,
the day after you spray for bugs, the concentration of insecticide is 10
times stronger in your carpet than it is outside where you put the poison.
Can you imagine your child or grandchild crawling across a carpet that has
10 times the insecticide needed to kill bugs, putting their hands in their
eyes and mouths?
What can you do to take care of dust mites? Have your carpets upholstery,
HVAC system and mattress cleaned, not only for appearance, but also for
the health of you and your loved ones. You'll be glad you called.
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