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If you're like me, you're paying more attention to not only your own health but to the health of your family members as well. It seems like Americans have developed a passion (or maybe an obsession) with the way we look and how we feel, and with that, we are paying more attention to what we eat, drink and breathe. |
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But, in spite of the volumes of material that are available to us regarding nutrition, little attention is paid to our air quality. Perhaps this is because breathing runs on autopilot, unlike eating and drinking which require a certain level of conscious thought to perform. For most of us, unless we're around smoke or offensive odors, we don't think about air quality at all! Yet, with each breath, we inhale 200 to 300 cu. in. of air, which translates into a staggering quantity over the course of a day! Whether we think about it or not, for optimum health, the quality of the air we breathe is just as important as the quality of the food we eat and the water we drink. |
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As a kid growing up in the 60s amongst the wheat fields, weeds and cottonwoods of central Kansas, I remember only one person with asthma and only a handful with seasonal allergies and respiratory problems. Similarly, there didn't seem to be behavior, emotional or psychological problems plaguing our families and schools either. There were people with apparent, bona fide handicaps, both mentally and physically, and I remember a few kids who had some minor difficulties with their schoolwork or with other kids, but, for the most part, everyone seemed pretty healthy and happy: Today, we are all subject to being classified from an endlessly growing list of "syndromes" or "conditions," and it is rare to find a family which doesn't have one or more of its members labeled as having one and consequently treated for it in some fashion or another. It seems peculiar, if not almost unbelievable, that in the short span of 40 years, I have personally witnessed our homes, schools, and society and culture, in general, degrading. Surely, we can't blame all of it on fast food and chlorinated water! |
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| One of the current crusaders for better indoor air quality in our public schools is Dr. Doris Rapp, M.D. Though schools operate differently than homes, the basic considerations regarding indoor air quality are virtually the same. In her book, Is This Your Child's World? How Can You Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick, Dr. Rapp states that reported cases of environmental illness (El) among children are on the rise and that the situation will get worse before it gets better. Chemicals, she states, can now be found in everything children touch, breathe, and eat and that these chemicals are making children sicker than ever before. She has discovered that many of her younger patients were children with chemical sensitivities who had been misdiagnosed earlier as having learning disabilities or psychological problems. She states, "In today's public schools, anywhere between five and 40 percent of all students are being treated for hyperactivity with ritalin. Where were these children 40 years ago?" Because these contaminants collect primarily in the air duct system and in the porous surfaces such as carpets, Cordially, Steve Bos, Owner, |
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