Clean Air for a Healthier Life

The Importance of Good Indoor Air Quality

Swiss Mountains vs. Los Angeles

Swiss Alps / Los Angeles

What is Clean Air?

A good example of clean air can be found on top of the Swiss Alps, where the air is virtually free of pollutants. Clean air contains very little dust, pollen, mold spores, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, car exhaust, or cigarette smoke. Additionally, there is an abundance of negative ions. A laser particle counter reading in the Swiss Alps shows about 100,000 particles per cubic foot (ca. 3'500 particles per liter). Polluted city air contains between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 particles per cubic foot (ca. 35'000 - 350'000 particles per liter.

Why is Good Indoor Air Quality so Important?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that the air indoors is typically 2-5 times (and sometimes up to 100 times) more polluted than outside air. Since we typically spend between 85% and 90% of our day indoors, the air we breathe in our homes and offices is of vital importance to our health.

Clean Air – Why we need it.

Good indoor air quality is essential to the health and well being of everyone, especially individuals who have:

Pre-existing medical conditions

  • » Allergy sufferers
  • » Asthma sufferers
  • » Chemically sensitive
  • » Lung or heart disease
  • » Weakened immmune system

General concerns about health

  • » Health-conscious people
  • » The elderly
  • » Households with children
  • » Expectant mothers and babies

comfort concerns

  • » Hygiene-conscious individuals
  • » Homes with strong odors
  • » People wanting a less dusty home
  • » Pet lovers
  • » Smokers

Improve your Indoor Air Quality

The icleen HealthPremium can provide a cleaner, healthier environment with air containing …

  1. Fewer allergens
    It alleviates symptoms for allergy and asthma sufferers and helps prevent healthy people from developing such problems.
  2. Fewer chemicals
    The HealthPremium filters out hundreds of harmful gases. It helps prevent problems ranging from headaches and coughing all the way to cancer and heart or lung disease.
  3. Fewer odors
    A home feels more pleasant without strong cooking odors or chemical odors.
  4. Less dust
    Sleep better and wake up with less nasal congestion or itchy eyes. Also, less dust means less cleaning.
  5. More negative ions
    In nature (especially near running water), air has an abundance of negative ions, while polluted city air is typically positively charged.

Did You Know?

  • » Most allergy or asthma sufferers are not born with these respiratory problems. Oftentimes, these problems are the body’s health responses to prolonged exposure to allergens and/or irritants.
  • » Babies and young children have a much higher risk of developing respiratory problems.
  • » Our lungs are the largest surface of our body (about the same surface area as a tennis court).
  • » The average human takes about 30,000 breaths every day, inhaling a total of 3,000 gallons (over 11'000 litres) of air.
  • » Our homes are artificial air bubbles where air pollutants accumulate.
  • » We are 1000 times more likely to inhale air pollutants emitted indoors than inhaling those pollutants outdoors.