BEDROOM UPKEEP

BEDROOM CLEANING.

2012-01-02T08:06:00.000-08:00

CLEAN YOUR BEDROOMS!

We spend roughly a third of our lives in our bedrooms. It is not surprising that the state of your entire bedroom interior can affect not just the quality of your sleep and your sex life but also your overall health, respiratory system , stress levels, your allergy symptoms and even your exposure to toxins.

People suffer from all sorts of allergies, don't sleep as well, exhibit all sorts of temperaments, and are not as effective as should be. People are always looking for ways to improve health and resort to expensive food supplements, visits to gyms, and all sorts of therapeutic measures.

What can you do to turn your bedroom into an intended rest, recovery and restorative retreat.

How healthy is your bedroom interior? How free is is from dust, mold, and other forms of pollution? Is your bedroom a breeding ground for all types of dust mites, mold, bacteria? These are the commonest of causes for respiratory diseases. They are also causes for skin infections. Dust mites droppings and air borne pollutes can aggravate asthma, stuffiness, wheezing, and even skin and eye irritations.Some simple pointers:

Pillows:- Keep them clean. Change covers. Dry them in the sun. Replace them.
Shoes:- No place for them within the bedroom. They bring dirt and toxins in the soles.
Gadgets:- Electronic devices; mobile phones and lap tops are not for bedrooms.
Clutter:- Minimise as much as possible. They all are dust catchments.
Candles:- May be aromatic, sexy etc. The smoke can irritate. Candles deplete oxygen.
Sprays:- Fragrances and sprays are pollutants of indoor air
Windows:- Do open them in the mornings. Allow for air exchange

GET RID OF DUST MITES.

Dust mites excrete a protein in their feces that is said to trigger sneezing and a runny nose. Dust mites are not visible, but a regularly slept in mattress may have up to 6 million dust mites. You can't see them. Mattresses are known to get heavier with dead dust mites, all of their feces plus the live colony of millions of dust mites. The solution is to rid off the surface all that is rot and dirt including all of our dead skin cells. Rugs and carpets also act as favourite hideouts for dust mites.

DETOX YOUR BEDROOM

Pillows and even mattresses are no longer stuffed with natural cotton, but petroleum-based synthetics which are known to emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can cause headaches, nausea, eye and throat irritation, and may even contribute to asthma. Wall paints are also culprits that emit volatile organic compounds. Furniture varnishes emit gaseous toxins as well.

WATER is the best natural cleanser. Water can wash bedroom air, trap all floating dust and pollutes and give you water washed fresh air through the night. Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents can see a demo that shows water cleaning everything between the floor and the ceiling and trapping dust, pollutes and mattress filth in water. Call K thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a no obligation product demonstration.

AIR PURIFIED

2011-12-27T00:31:00.000-08:00

Why You Need an Air Purifier in Your Home

At one time, it was alright to say every home could benefit from an air purifier. Today's indoor environment quality scenario is literally dictating, EVERY BEDROOM MUST HAVE A AIR PURIFIER.

You do wonder why. Bedrooms never had ceiling fans, when at one time windows were left open through the night. Closed windows and changes to architectural designs (without ventilation outlets) the need for ceiling fans and even air conditioners came about. Within months of installation, ceiling fans got coated with thick black dust built up. These fans are used when people are in the bed rooms.

Could it be all right to reason, that what the clean blades picked up will be no different from what the many pairs of lungs picked up as well. A fan's blades can be wiped clean or replaced. Can the lings inside be wiped up or replaced?

BEDROOMS are the most polluted space within homes and air purifiers have become an essential fixture. AIR PURIFIERS are an investment to be made as early as possible, and one that you will never regret doing so. Why ?

Air purifiers reduce amounts and concentration of airborne contaminants which can be dust and pollen and all forms of air particles not visible to the eye, including air borne furs of pets kept indoors. To sufferers of respiratory conditions such as asthma, poor lung power etc amongst others, this makes sense.

Air purifiers when installed will lead to and show improvements within a few days. While room hygiene improves, those for whom breathing is a heavy "task" will experience breathing easier and less tiring. This make air purifiers a worthy investment.

Air Purifiers induce air circulation, and minimise build up of dust, mites, droppings and dead skin cells, which otherwise is likely to be inhaled and have respiratory disorders aggravated.

Air Purifiers will trap whatever dust and air borne pollutes that escapes the normal cleaning processes of wiping, sweeping and vacuuming ( both are discouraged in modern times). We worsen the problem when required to do cleaning, sweeping, vacuuming, shift furniture or even for that matter as we walk on carpeted flooring.

Air purifiers can help tackle mould which gets airborne. These spores add to that mouldy smell in rooms as well as the possibility of being inhaled.

Air Purifiers can also help reduce toxins, odors, cigarette smell and smoke, toxins ioff furniture, paint, varnishes and a whole host of other unseen elements, that can be detrimental to health in the long run.

Air Purifiers can also help remove foul smell of pets, floating furs, and other likely air borne mites, parasites and pests off pets bodies. Pets roam every corner, bushes and hedges, and become carriers into homes and even the beds and couches.

Air Purifiers fitted with a good HEPA filter can remove close to 99% of particles from the air. Made to form a mesh barrier, they trap nearly every particle that is drawn against it.

Air Purifiers have filters within. These need changing and cleansing frequently. Left unattended they become harbingers of bacteria and instead of serving good, become the cause of all sorts of issues and problems indoors. It is very essential that a strict maintenance regime of cleaning or changing filters in air purifiers is followed.

Air Purifiers help maintain indoor air quality which is responsible for or aggravates half of all illnesses.

Kuala Lumpur/Selangor residents can discover in the comfort of their homes what indoor air quality has become in their own bedrooms, and how water doubles up as an inexpensive filter and can wash the air for us before we we breathe. Call K Thiruselvam at 016-3712762

AIR QUALITY

2011-12-18T17:01:00.000-08:00

Promoting GOOD HEALTH is dependent upon AIR, WATER, FOOD and of course we have that tendency to add EXERCISES as well. Amongst that four basic constituents, air is what we cannot live without even for a few minutes. How clean is that indoor air inside your home. Bedrooms are occupied every night without fail, and what is it that you and members of your family are are breathing through the hours of the night.

Have you checked the air quality of your bedroom? Sleep is a must. The body gets a chance to rest and recuperate for the next day. Are you getting quality air for your body and health or is it bad, that you awaken tired, blocked nose, sinus, sneezes, teary eyes and a host of other respiratory issues.

Today's bedrooms have all sorts of equipment within in the name of comfort ranging from air conditioners, air purifiers, air humidifiers, air heaters and whatever else in attempting to make sleep more comfortable. Are these equipments doing good? To do good, they need to be maintained, serviced and well kept to avoid breeding bacteria, mold etc. Air conditioners, air purifiers and humidifiers can breed harmful organisms and recirculate them into the air.

Dust "loves" to gather in corners of bedrooms, on bookshelves, curtains, drapes, carpets, on top of all fittings and definitely in our mattress, comforters, blankets and pillows. Where dust piles, dust mites form colonies and multiply faster that we can cope in the supply of our dead skin cells in our bedding and clothes. Naturally what we feed, has to reappear as dust mite droppings. Now we have some idea of what constitutes indoor air quality, especially in the bedroom.

Is there any reason not to believe that we help aggravate asthma? Does that mean we throw all contents out of the bedroom? Not necessary. Some simple steps taken can minimise dust and pollute content in the air indoors.

Some Steps to Improving Indoor Air Quality: Esp in Bedrooms:

Do not sweep. Sweeping lifts dust and pollutes into the air.

Do not vacuum. Vacuum cleaners dispense into the air via the exhaust, the finest dust. When bags are not changed every occasion, bred bacteria and micro organisms get dispensed into the air.

Use water based cleaning systems that draw dust and pollutes off the air and surfaces to be trapped in water. Wet dust cannot "re fly".

Minimise furniture/fittings/racks/shelves.

Do away with carpets.

Mattress needs regular cleaning to rid dead skin cells, dust mites and its droppings.

Reduce clutter so as to cut down places for dust and mites accumulation. Ensure proper ventilation and air circulation. Early mornings are ideal to leave windows open to facilitate air exchange.

Kuala Lumpur/Selangor families keen to know more about water based air cleaning and house keeping in the most practical and inexpensive manner, may call K Thiruselvam at 016-3712762

BEDROOM: BABY ALLERGIES

2011-12-02T18:12:00.000-08:00

BEDROOMS today are least ventilated, windows are rarely opened and the trend has been to have the room air conditioned or with heaters.
Over and above these bad practices, bedrooms have the most fabric with curtains of the heaviest materials, bedsheets that are thick and heavy, blankets and comforters, carpeted flooring and all or our clothes on racks and hangers.
As if the above is not enough, fragrances are sprayed to make the bedroom smell nice or aromatherapy candles are burnt for its fragrance. Sometimes insecticides are also sprayed to keep away mosquitoes or night insects.
Bedrooms have become a potpourri of all sorts of allergens on the floor, on the mattress and even in the bedroom air as well. Gases off the shellac and varnishing of furniture also add to the "ruined" stale bedroom air.
Baby allergies may be triggered by any of the above mentioned factors, besides milk and food or even new clothing and choice of materials. It is important to identify them early enough to avoid damage and complications to the child. Allergic symptoms may be confusing to most mothers since they are closely related to the common flu and cold.
When a foreign "body" or allergen is detected, the body reacts and the immune system fights these foreign elements. This is what is allergy reactions. These reactions show in the form of skin rashes, vomiting, swellings, runny nose, itchiness and scratchings, diarrhea, or even irregular crying as in pain or irritability.
Upon recognition of irregularities, consult and do not choose to wait or attempt medications, treatments of your choice. Babies spend more time at sleep than in play. Toddlers love to play but do go to sleep several times in a day. From birth till aged one or even two, for the amount of time spent in the bedroom, what are they breathing?
How clean is the air? Has the air been filtered of its dust, pollens and other allergens afloat but not visible to the eye. As they begin to creep, crawl and learn to play with toys or walk, carpet my be comfortable, but is it healthy?
Bed fabric and carpets are great homes to dust mites. Dust mites do bite and their droppings cause allergies.
Pets may be fun to own. They have no place in the bedroom where babies and toddlers sleep or play. Pets are also reasons for allergies to arise. Indoor pollution has peaked everywhere and bedrooms are the worst. Use air dehumidifiers to improve the air in the house.
Check for mold, which is another source of allergies.Babies spend more time at sleep than in play. Toddlers love to play but do go to sleep several times in a day. From birth till aged one or even two, for the amount of time spent in the bedroom, what are they breathing?
Indoor pollution has peaked everywhere and bedrooms are the worst. Use air dehumidifiers to improve the air in the house. Check for mold, which is another source of allergies.

BEDROOM ASTHMA

2011-11-21T05:52:00.000-08:00

MAKE YOUR BEDROOM ASTHMA FRIENDLY. BEDROOMS harbor allergens from dust to dust mites, dust mites droppings, dog hair, cat dander and a host of other visible and invisible air borne allergens. How could we possibly make our bedrooms to be asthma-safe and healthy to sleep in.

A bedroom has its range of contents and fittings that vary from home to home. These fittings and all that is in a bedroom would be the very source of allergens that trigger all sorts of allergic reactions including the possibility of asthma attacks.

Proper and regular action and changes to contents in the bedroom will go a long way in reducing asthmatic attacks as well as poor sleep. Choose to have sweet night dreams than nasty nightmares.

GOOD BEDROOM HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS WORKS.
That mattress we sleep on nightly is the primary source of bedroom asthma. WHY? Every slept in mattress is home to millions of dust mites that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. A finger nail can hold up to about 7,000 dust mites, visible only under a powerful microscope. Why are there that many. We shed our skin cells by the "tons" and this becomes an automatic source of feed for these dust mites. What is eaten, needs to be disposed off, and dust mites are known to have up to 24 droppings each per day. Sleeping with millions of dust mites, billions of dust mites droppings; dust mite carcasses, and our very own dead skin cells that is rotting are all allergens to our respiratory tract and system.

Invest in a water based cleaner that can draw almost all of the above allergens off the bed sheet, comforter, mattress and pillows to be "drowned": in water. All of these allergens are of the finest kind and get to be air borne when cleaning is attempted with normal vacuum cleaners. Having an air cleaner or air purifier run through the hours of sleep is further help. Avoid carpets and heavy bedroom curtains, for both are excellent homes to dust mites. Keep sprays and fragrance bottles out of the bedroom.

In short limit exposure of asthma prone individuals to dust. Choose to be clean within the bedroom, by reducing cupboards, shelves and such other physical contents. Also reduce cockroaches, improve upon air cleaning, and avoid pets and footwear into the bedroom. Keep humidity as low as possible. Keep the bedroom door closed. Do ventilate the room after a down pour. Open the windows to allow for air exchange, where more fresh air gets to be let into the room and the volume of used or foul air is removed.

To have a bedroom that is asthma friendly, some effort in keeping clean, with little content is a good way.

BEDROOM HEALTH

2011-11-11T21:50:00.000-08:00

IS IT ALRIGHT to say that daily as an adult or child, the average time spent every night without fail in our bedrooms can be 6 to 10 hours? How healthy are those "must spend bedroom hours?" It is actually not surprising to find adults awaken not rested, appearing stressed though sleep and then dragging a day through as if they never had a wink. Sounds familiar! Why?

Why do we not sleep well and awaken well rested? You need to check your bedroom, first. Bedrooms are for a retreat, to "withdraw" into, to "recuperate" from the pressures and demands the body went though the preceding hours. One must emerge from hours spent in a bedroom, like a recharged cell.

What then do you look into a bedroom? Is it healthy! We may be clean and tidy, and that may help, but IS THE BEDROOM HEALTHY? How much of allergens are abound in the air, in the mattress, in the blankets, curtains, clothes, furniture and fittings? Are the walls free of unsuspecting molds. Molds are found in damp places, and walls are least suspected. Molds cal lead to all kinds of infections, skin irritations as well as respiratory related wheezing.

What about the dominant "dust mites"? They are everywhere, where fabric is abound and bedrooms have the most fabric as blessings to dust mites, to dwell in and start their colonies. In addition, with us spending so many hours in the bedroom, we provide adequate food for these mites in the form of our ever falling dead skin cells. Dust mites having fed on our dead skin cells, excrete their feces all over the place and these droppings trigger runny nose, sneezing, teary eyes and skin rashes. Just because, you cannot see them , does not mean they are not prevalent in your bedroom. Every slept in mattress is said to be home for 3 to 5 million dust mites. Why sleep with an enemy of dust mites and its droppings? Regular cleaning of all bedroom fittings; beating the mattress are some ways of reducing or controlling the dust mite population in bedrooms.

Has the inside of your pillow been cleaned? All sorts of pillows with synthetic contents are in the market place. Some of these synthetic content pillows emit gases and volatile organic compounds. These gases cause headaches, nausea, eye and throat irritation, and the possibility of causing wheezing and asthma. Use natural pillows. Remember that for all hours of your sleep, your nose is next to or buried in a pillow.

Why did we choose to fill our bedroom with a television, computer, radio and player, video, telephone or hand set. electronic alarm clock and a whole lot of other electrical gadgets. These emit electromagnetic waves and we become victims to these waves. In addition, with our dressing tables also in the bedroom, we pump into the air all kinds of chemicals from the assortment of aerosols, perfumes and fragrances. Everything that we put into the air in our bedroom has long term effects on our health. This includes smokers who smoke in bedrooms. We cannot leave out those who walk and out of bedrooms with shoes, that walked the streets and toilets. Are pets a pain. Yes, pet furs are allergens, and if they are not cleaned, they bring into bedrooms, not thought of and unseen allergens. We bring work and study into the bedroom and go to bed with sight and stress that fills us. Clutter puts on pressure. All the clothes to be laundered, ironed, folded and placed in shelves and what ever that is all hanging off chairs, hooks and behind doors add to imagined stress and strains.

Now perhaps we can reflect and do the necessary to make our bedroom a wonderful place to retrat.

WHY DO YOU SLEEP WITH AN ENEMY?

2011-11-03T18:55:00.000-07:00

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SLEEP TONIGHT IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU HAD AN ENEMY IN BED?

If you or anyone in your family identifies with any of the following allergy related maladies such as Asthma, Eczema, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Mucous Membranes, Itchy Red Eyes, Headaches, Sinus Pain, Fatigue, early morning excessive sneezing or even feelings of depression when you wake up, you may very well be sleeping with the enemy.

Who is this enemy? It's none other than the common household invisible creature called a dust mite. Forget its scientific name, for that is a mouthful to pronounce and more than a handful to be remembered.

Dust mites live in almost all of the household articles, especially those that are fabric based like sofas, furniture and carpets. Millions may inhabit one home, but they are safe and sound for they are not visible to the naked to the human eye. Since you feed them well, without your knowing, their colonies breed and multiply fast. The dust mites feed on our shed dead skin cells and we do shed a lot daily. The faeces and dead bodies of mites are the allergens to susceptible people, causing asthma, rhinitis or dermatitis.

Just imagine how small they are. You could place a thousand on the head of a pin, or have up to 7,00 sitting on a finger nail. They are real trouble makers. They multiply fast, are blind, eight legged and belong to the spiders family group. They are harmless and hardly bite. Their favorite breeding ground is that very mattress, you slept on last night. Their ideal home is every slept in mattress, universally. You are right that your body warmth cares and your dead skin cells is their feed.

Mattresses are slept in daily. Abundance of dead skin sells is available as food. They can penetrate the mattress and covers via the textile pores. The mattress double up as hide-out by day and hunting ground by night, and out of reach of most vacuums. Here are some researched facts for you to ponder:

• We shed 10,000 million scales of bacteria laden skin each day, most end up in our mattresses.
• Dust mites produce 200 times it’s body weight in excrement during their normal life span..
• Dust mites feast for up to 170 days on our shed skin.
• Dust mites spread rapidly. A female dust mite lays 300 eggs.
• They can live without food for up to a year.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents in Malaysia can have a FREE 15 minutes AIR WASH of their bedrooms, to see for themselves levels of in door air pollution and also get to know the famed RAINBOW AIR CLEANER that only uses 2 litres water and saves families hundreds of Ringgit each year for 20 to 25 years. Call 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

AIR CLEANER

2011-10-26T08:42:00.000-07:00

AIR PURIFICATION is what we cannot live without ANYMORE.

We have all sorts of electrical equipment at home. Every room has an air conditioner or a ceiling fan, two or more televisions, maybe a couple of computers , refrigerators, and so many other electrical items.

What would you consider as an important yet basic life sustaining thing that we need constantly to stay alive. We cannot survive without it for more than a few minutes. It is essential to the function of all systems of our bodies, and yet it can also be a source of much discomfort and illness. The air we breathe keeps us alive, but in some cases it can also bring us closer to our death. Air provides us with oxygen and we need fresh air all the time to replace depleted oxygen content in the air and also rid the carbon dioxide output.

Today that we live in "sealed buildings" with excuses of retaining energy and saving on utility bills, we no longer live healthily indoors at home, office or even the mall. Besides reduced air quality, is the accumulation of fragrances; aerosol sprays for all sorts of purposes, trapped dust and even fumes of furniture glues and wall paints. The list of air contents is plenty and not visible. Even our senses are used to the familiarity, It is in the long term, that organs show ill effects of long term air pollution. Is there a solution?

Plenty actually. Live with open doors and windows to facilitate air circulation. Mornings are the best, when air is fresh. After a shower, when rain has washed the air is another ideal hour, to allow outside air to sweep through indoors and replace all foul and used up air.

Alternatively, AIR CLEANERS and AIR PURIFIERS double up as another way to clean the air and rid the air of floating dust, pollutes, odour and so on. We must remove pollutants and contaminants out of the air we breathe in our homes and offices.These machines now so readily available use different methods to filter unwanted and harmful particles from the air. Anyone suffering from asthma or is a victim to allergens, will tell you every morning dilemma of sneezing non stop or the problem with running nose and amount of tissues used. For some, dirty polluted and dust filled air makes it difficult to breath and suffocating in nature, at times.Pollutants in the air do wreak havoc on the respiratory system of those with sensitivities. To them it is asthma attacks and a general feeling of discomfort in breathing.There are many pollutants and types of contaminants that will trigger off asthma and allergies such as pollen, dust and pet dander, smoke particles and more. All these are harmful to everyone. All of these contaminants down to a certain size can be effectively removed from the air we breathe with an air filter purifier.

Air cleaners come in various sizes, shapes and quality. The choice is there, depending on the area you to be cleaned, speed with which you want it cleaned and the type of system for removing the contaminants that is preferred. You can always find a wide array of different kinds of air cleaners purifiers to keep the air in your home clean and safe for breathing. With such varied choices to make, you should also consider the price and quality; the space needed to house the unit; how many units would be needed and how much money are you willing or able to put into purchasing a unit? Is it easy to maintain? Are parts and accessories readily available? How often will filters need to be changed and how much will maintenance of the purifier amount to? Is it easy to be self handled, or a service technician need to be called? Most air filter purifiers have a powered fan to draw in air from its surroundings and force the air through the filter. So quietness is of concern as well. Some units are very noisy. Some prefer to own only the quietest possible appliances.

You can alleviate the breathing problem of members of your household who suffer from asthma and allergies by purchasing a good quality quiet operating air purifier.Your quality of life can be greatly improved with the improvement in the quality of the life sustaining air you breathe.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents in Malaysia can have a family session/discussion and experience how to do BEDROOMS AIR CLEANING and HOW TO MAINTAIN MATTRESS HYGIENE. Also discover EFFECTS of INDOOR POLLUTION. And more. Call 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

BEDROOM ALLERGIES

2011-10-03T18:00:00.000-07:00

HOME DUST CONTROLLED How can we try and control dust within the home.

It is simply plentiful, seems to have no end, and any amount of cleaning brings in more within 24 hours. What then is the choice to minimise, if not able to control or eliminate dust.

Dust is not visible. When you have that morning sun ray streak through the open window, dust is visibly seen "dancing" in the air and "basking" in the sun. Then they land on every other surface top.

DUST TRIGGERS ASTHMA. Does it actually? Dust is blamed for all the respiratory ailments and ill conditions. Dust is the medium of transport for dust mites. When dust lands on cushions and mattress and carpets, these dust mites get an abundant supply of feed. The feed is actually our dead skin cells, which we shed daily, wherever we sit and sleep in.

Dust, dust mites and the DROPPINGS of dust mites are all allergens to plenty of people. Besides triggering asthma and other respiratory conditions, skin allergies also do arise. So, we ought to clean our homes very very often, so as to control, contain and prevent these conditions. Dust is difficult to control. No matter how hard we may try, we can never completely get rid of it because most of it comes in with the air, arises from our clothes, bedding and mattresses, curtains and almost anything and everything that is fabric which shed fluff that floats with air currents and settles on any and every known flat surface in our houses.

There are several ways that you can attempt to control,minimise or remove dust in your home. Within the house keep closet floors clear so as they are easier to clean. Keep items in boxes on shelves or inside cabinets.

Plastic containers with lids help lock in fluff and keep dust out. It is much easier to control dust in arranged shelves and boxed items. Clothes that are not so often worn should be put in plastic bags.

At home, the floor is the largest flat surface area in doors and does become a large "flat basin" to collect and contain dust. Keeping the floor free of boxes, clothing, rugs, magazines and being clutter free allows for better cleaning. DO NOT SWEEP. Every sweep lifts off dust to land on furniture and lamps shades and fittings.

Did you know that your bed is a major distributor of dust? Bed sheet, comforters and blankets collect flakes that are shed from our skin plus it also sheds fiber and sends out dust every time you move or rollover. To minimize the fallout, you should wash the bed sheets weekly. You can also take the cushions on your furniture out for a ‘beating’. Pull them off, take outdoors and shake them.

Carpets are dust mites favorite habitat. Carpets not only absorb dust but produce it as well, make sure that carpets are cleaned occasionally.

Vacuuming carpets may be good, but at least once or twice every week to reduce and control the amount of dust being absorbed in. Use a vacuum cleaner which has a filter that not only will help trap the dust effectively, but has a built in hepa filter as well. After you have cleaned the carpet, always empty the vacuum cleaner and discard the bags. Leaving the bags only helps breed bacteria, that gets flung in the air when you use the vacuum cleaner next. Try and brush your carpets twice or thrice a week to reduce and control dust.

Most dust comes from outside. Ensure that there is a mat on every entrance on your home so that visitors will wipe their shoes before they get inside. Look for cracks in your house where air can flow from the outside and repair them. Curtains help trap dust. Wash them regularly.

Try and keep all pets outside the house. Do bathe and brush them regularly. If allowed indoors, check their paws and wipe them off before they enter the house. Dogs and cats could be are our best pet friends, but they might also carry dust or diseases into the house.

Air purifiers help continous cleaning of indoor air. Choose models that are easy to upkeep and maintenance is not only easy but economical as well.

KUALA LUMPUR AND SELANGOR RESIDENTS IN MALAYSIA CAN HAVE A FAMILY SESSION/DISCUSSION AND EXPERIENCE HOW TO DO BEDROOMS AIR WASH AND HOW TO MAINTAIN MATTRESS HYGIENE. ALSO DISCOVER EFFECTS OF INDOOR POLLUTION. AND MORE. CALL 016-3712762 FOR Mr K Thiruselvam

MATTRESS CLEANING.

2011-09-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

MATTRESS CLEANING ....

removes the nasties on the mattresses hygienically without using chemicals or anything toxic. Allergenic cleaning of the mattress will benefit people with allergies such as asthma, eczema, bronchitis, sinusitis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis and so on. Not all of our customers suffer from the above mentioned allergies but are comforted by the idea that they do not share their beds or mattresses with millions of dust mites every night.

WHAT LIES BENEATH.

When it comes to sleep time, anywhere else than your home and own bed room, you do get edgy about the cleanliness of the bed sheet and the mattress. There is doubt about its cleanliness, afraid as to what might crawl out from under the bed when the lights are turned off, and the hygiene aspects as well. Very natural.

Let us get back to your own mattress.

How clean is the bed sheet and mattress?

Do you know?

The absolute fact is that all mattresses that have been slept in but not cleaned houses two to three million dust mites. We are all content with washing and drying our bed sheets "regularly". Normal bed sheet washing and the common general vacumming does not help rid of these pests off the bed and once is not enough. The cleaning schedule of mattress has to be regular .

THE CLEANING PROCESS ........

A typical used mattress may have anywhere from 2 to 3 or more million mites inside. Knowing this, would you allow yourself or any other people in your family including your children to live in this environment and to sleep on these mattresses? You would not ! So you now have the option to watch how mattresses can be cleaned and kept sanitized to improve their health. This method of chemical free cleaning is already proven for its effectiveness. It is the easiest and most effective way to control allergen in the mattress with a guaranteed chemical free cleaning process. The equipment operation is simple and does not cause extreme dust. It is not dangerous to humans any anybody including your teenagers could do it, regularly as you wish. Mattresses remain on the bed frame during cleaning. House dust mites and their excrements are not limited to the mattress, but that is where they are in abundance.

A RAINBOW Cleaner has a multitude of functions. Complimentary and no

obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for residences in Kuala

Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia.

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BEDROOM

2011-09-02T15:33:00.000-07:00

SINUS RELIEF BEDROOM.

SINUS. ALLERGY FLARE-UP. DUST.POLLUTES IN BEDROOM.

How nice it will be to sleep in a room as dust free as possible, to avoid or minimise the possibility of a sinus or allergy flare-ups. ALLERGY FREE BEDROOM would be three lovely words to anyone who is very susceptible to allergy. Is it possible? We can all try and get our bedrooms cleaned up.

What can you do to clean your bedroom? This is such a tall order, of the most endeared part of our house. We must clear all clutter and bring order into the bedroom. This is where we live the longest part of the day, so long as we are at home. Where is the best place to start?

Clear your bedroom. All that is "not necessary to sleep with" should leave the room. This can be that extra table in the corner, now filled with magazines, papers, stationery and stacked ip papers and mail. Bring about that bare look to look good.
Eliminate all accumulated dust. Use an vacuum cleaner that has a hepa filter. DO NOT USE the traditional vacuum cleaner that has only a bag. (These machines spill dust into the area being vacuumed via the exhaust). Use special accessories to reach difficult corner, to go behind the bed, under the bed, curtain rails, above the door , nook and corners. Don't forget the ceiling fan blades, lamp shades and tops of pictures. Vacuum thrice weekly or more frequently. Do not use rags, dusting brushes etc that redistributes dust and aggravates allergies. TRAP and REMOVE.
Reduce (best is to avoid) carpeting and draperies in the bedroom. Fabric becomes the best harbinger of dust mites.
Blankets, bed sheets, comforters must be washed regularly. Raising temperature to 140° will help kill dust mites.
Heating and air conditioning systems, need regular cleaning. Built in filters and casings trap dust, breed bacteria, allow growth of mould and fungus. The insides of these units need cleansing, and often the need for professional help as in centralised systems.
Do not short change on needs to change filters in these systems.
Should the closet and dressing table be in the bedroom? Pressed clothes from the laundry come in plastic bag casings. Allowing them in the bedrooms permits used detergents and chemicals to evaporate into the bed room. Minimise clothes in the bedroom.
Mattress must be scrubbed and beaten with special equipment to remove dust, dust mites, skin flakes, dust mite droppings, carcasses of dust mites and other air borne pollutes. Use a hepa contained vacuum for this purpose.
Do not allow pets in the bedroom.
Do not use dust mite proof covers, since they are chemically treated fabric. You will end up having "tons' of dust mite carcass rotting on your bed, and you will be inhaling these.
Also as we sweat at night, the skin would be absorbing these chemicals.
Have a high quality hepa filter or air cleaner run in the room before bed time at high speed and then through the night at low speed.

All of the above will help you see a tremendous improvement in reducing allergens in your bedroom

POLLUTION

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We live life surrounded by pollutes and pollution of all kinds. BEDROOM POLLUTION is one kind that we subject ourselves and families to for 6 to 10 hours daily, every night and that is becoming a long term health hazard. The continuing increase in "induced asthmatics", sinus cases; allergens related respiratory disorders and almost equal numbers in reported skin allergy patients are all testimony.

Modern bedrooms lack adequate air ventilation. Windows do not get opened to facilitate air exchange and new designs do not allow for air ventilating outlets. Again, accumulation of books, magazines, laundry; clothes and all kinds of decorative items crowd the standard bedroom and become invitees for dust accumulation. Fabric content is also plenty.

If there is one sure way to start, and other ways to reduce pollution and dust content in the bedroom, just follow.

CLEAR THE BEDROOM OF ALL IRRELEVANT ITEMS. Books, magazines, tables and shelves are all best kept outside the bedroom.
MINIMIZE FABRIC. Leave used clothes near the laundry, do not leave clothes hanging behind doors or all the room. Curtains need washing and changing regularly. So do blankets, bedsheets and comforters. Fabric attract and retain dust.
ELIMINATE or minimize air borne dust with hepa based air cleaners. Air purifies with filters need to be attended, filters washed or changed regularly for they choke with dust, very fast. Water based are the best form, as wet dust cannot fly and water is cheaper and can be changed daily.
Water based vacuum cleaners are excellent removers of dust and dirt from the floor, under the bed, tops of doors and cupboard, corners, walls, window frames and almost anywhere and everywhere in the bedroom.
Clean your room thrice or more weekly. Bedrooms are where we spend the most time daily at home. Do not use rags or any dusters, as they only spread and distribute dust all over.
Try and keep humidity level low at less than 50%. Dust mites find it difficult to thrive in drier air.
Avoid having rugs and carpets in the bedroom. They make excellent "bins" for dust and dirt.
Just in case, your home or place of stay in centralized air conditioning system, thee deed to check the ducts should not be overlooked. If your room is air conditioned, check and change the filters.You do not want to spend the night breathing bacteria, allergens and mold.
Mattresses need to be beaten, and all of our dead skin cells, dust mites; mite droppings and carcasses of mites need to be vacuumed out of the mattress. Mattresses become home to 3 to 5 million dust mites very fast. Hepa fitted vacuum cleaners that are water based is the best, as suction is constant, thus drawing all dirt out and trapping all in water.

A RAINBOW Cleaner is an excellent air purifier with a host of many other cleaning functions, all centered around a basin of water. Complimentary and no obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for families in Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia. Call: 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

AIR PURIFIER.

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BEDROOM AIR IS AT ITS WORST. Switch off all lights. With a powerful torch light, beam the light across the room and observe the amount of floating particles in the air. Do not look directly at the light, but bring the beam nearer to your nose as you take a deep breath. What you are breathing in the darkness of night, highlighted by the beam is what you breathe through your sleep of 6 to 10 hours daily.

Do you like it? Plenty of people want to know

about how they can improve the air quality in their home, and in particular the bedrooms where at least 6 to 10 hours is spent daily without fail. Many reasons abound. Increasing cases of illnesses such as allergies, respiratory disorders and that overall feeling of insufficient sleep after 8 hours in bed and that terrible sense of tiredness are all accountable due to the "tons" of dust in bedrooms. The prime concern of today in homes is the well being of the family, especially the children.

A good idea and almost a conclusive solution is to invest in an air purifier. These help by removing dust, odour, pollutes and contaminants from the air. These invisible floats, which sometimes include pet furs are the causes of the most common problems faced by people. The asthmatics and those suffering from allergies and or weak respiratory systems are the worst affected.

Air purifiers basically draw the air into the system, retain floating pollutes and redistribute the cleaner air back into the room. The clean air is what the people want and that is what they get from the purifiers. There are a variety of air purifiers in the market place and are of differing sizes and capacity. One can tailor size of machine to the size of room to be used in. Some models are quite compact in size, and can serve the area of large bedrooms as well. Determine the need and tailor the purchase.

What you need to bear in mind is the frequency and cost of changing the filters as they get clogged from daily use. As the filters get clogged, machine efficacy to draw in air for recirculation will drop. Secondly, unchanged filters lead to bacterial, fungus and mold growth, that will get dispersed in the air. This will be more harm than good. Thirdly, air purifiers need to be used daily, and so must be of good make and durability to last a few years. Finally, as and when the filters need changing, it must be available from nearby sources or place of purchase.

Do not simply opt for a large unit on promises that they can sort and solve the air problems throughout the entire house. Bedrooms are like four walled containers and need their own units.

Air purifiers do help eliminate foul odours in the home as well. Smoking and cooking are two of the most common contributors to the foul smells. The purifiers normally have a charcoal based filter to absorb foul odour. Being able to get rid of these can make the smell of the home a whole lot fresher and pleasant to live in. This will also be welcoming to visitors as well.

Examine your choice. Do comparisons. Think long term economics and availability of parts; accessories and filters. Do comparisons. Make smart decisions.

It is important. Breathing comes first in life. In order to maintain a healthy and happy life, do ensure that the air that all of you breathe at home (and indoors as in office; your car) is fresh. Make the change.

DUST MITE

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Dust Mite Facts:

So what are these unwelcome pests?

All humans shed about 5-10 grams of dead skin each week. Some sources indicate as much as three pounds per year.
House dust mites eat human and animal skin flakes. They also thrive on feathers, flour, and mold as part of their diet.
Dust mites are one of the main causes of Atopic Dermatitis in children.
Estimates are that dust mites may be a factor in 50% to 80% of asthma cases, as well as in countless cases of eczema, hay fever, and other allergic ailments.
Much smaller than a grain of sand, dust mites are too tiny to be seen with the human eye.
House dust mites are 0.2-0.3 mm long and translucent. They have eight legs, no eyes and no antennae in front of their bodies.
House dust mites are part of the Arachnid family — relatives of spiders.
The house dust mite is not the main problem in itself. Dust mites don't bite or transmit diseases.
The average life cycle for a male dust mite is 20 to 30 days, while a mated female dust mite can live for 10 weeks, laying 60 to 100 eggs in the last 5 weeks of her life.
The dust mite survives in all climates, except at high altitudes where reproduction is halted.
House dust mites are nearly universal in occurrence - a typical bed mattress may contain anywhere up to 10 million mites.
Given enough food supply, each mite can process and package up to twenty faecal pellets per day. With a hundred million allergenic particles disturbed when people move around in bed, it is no wonder that dust mite allergy sufferers experience a worsening of symptoms at night time.
With as many as 18,875 mites counted in a gram of dust (the weight of a paper clip) the term 'the air is thick' takes on a whole new meaning.
Dust mites have been blamed for allergies, hay fever, dermatitis, rhinitis, and asthma. Exposure to their feces or body parts can cause asthma in children and create the risk of respiratory disorder.
If you lay on a carpet that is infested with dust mites, you may develop red itchy bumps as a result of the allergen coming in contact with your skin.
Dust mites are the source of one of the most powerful biological allergens!
Dust mite allergen is the number one cause of perennial allergic rhinitis.
At least 10% of the human population and approximately 80% of allergy sufferers are allergic to proteins that are found in the waste produced by dust mites and in the decomposed bodies of dead dust mites.
If you often wake up with congestion, a runny nose, watery eyes, itching, or sneezing, then you are probably allergic to dust mites.
If neither parent is allergic there is still a 5-15% chance that the child will develop allergies. For a child with allergic parents, this increases to 25%. If both parents are allergic there is a 50-60% chance of the child developing allergies. When both parents have the same allergic disease the risk increases to 80%.
In the last ten years, the privately run Auckland Allergy Clinic has seen allergy prevalence increase by 50%. Public practice has seen an increase from 40 patients per month 2 years ago to 150-200 per month today.
Exposure to high allergen levels in early life is a risk factor for the development of allergy.
It is now generally accepted that allergy is a developed country phenomenon; it doesn't exist in third world countries. There seems to be a connection between standard of living and allergy; the better our homes and living standards are the more allergies we have.
Our warm, well-insulated, thickly carpeted homes provide the perfect breeding grounds for dust mites.
Your bed is the perfect environment for dust mites; they love to burrow into fabric and feast on your dead skin cells. (Humans shed two to three pounds of skin a year — plenty of food for tiny dust mites.)
Ten percent of the weight of a two year old pillow may be composed of dead mites and their droppings. How old is your pillow?
Carpets and household upholstery also support high mite populations.
Dust Mites create household dust that many filtration systems miss.
Allergens (faeces) measure 2 microns, and their dead carcasses measure 250 microns.
Doctors believe that dust is one of the largest mediums of human infection.
Dust mites have no means of locomotion except to attach themselves to particles of dust.
42,000 dust mites can live in only one ounce of dust. 40 pounds of dust is generated per year in 1,500 square feet of space. How big is your home?
Dust hosts 15 species of dust mites.
It is estimated that you breathe in 2 heaping teaspoons of air particles per day, including dust.
Bedrooms may well be where the largest population of dust mites reside.
Dust problems increase due to heat, moisture, and humidity above 70%.
Dust accumulation in electrical equipment, computers, air ducts, etc. reduces efficiency and in some cases can damage equipment.
Popular cold water wash cycles have added to the problem of dust mites infestation as cold water does not harm dust mites!
As dust mites are totally blind, they have evolved a system to decide whether particles they have just come across are food or waste they have already extracted all nutrients from.
House dust mites cannot drink. They obtain water partly from their food but the bulk of their water needs is obtained through a mechanism of hydrophilic (water-loving) crystals in their armpits.
In Auckland, the relative humidity is above 80% all year, which explains the very high levels of dust mite counts in this city environment.
The latest findings further suggest that there is no significant advantage to using a HEPA vacuum cleaner to reduce exposure to airborne particles like dust mites. The findings appear in the January 2006 issue of the European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
There is no way to completely eliminate dust mites, but there are methods to control them through chemical control or avoidance.

How do they harm us?

They eat waste human skin flakes and turn this into highly allergic waste (poo) that we breathe in. This waste, along with waste from dead dust mites, is so light it floats up into the air and goes into our lungs, throat, nasal cavity and so on. This causes allergic reaction in people resulting in blocked nose, sneezing, poor breathing and other respiratory related issues and with some people, skin rashes and itch are added problems.

HOW TO CLEAN YOUR MATTRESS!

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How To Clean and Maintain Mattress

When asked to name the dirtiest item at home, you can almost always be certain every other commonly thought or least thought of item is likely to be mentioned. Not many stop to think about or reflect upon the mattress. Who would think that where we lay to rest and recuperate at the end of each day is likely to be the dirtiest place and item at home.

YES! The mattress is definitely the dirtiest of all items within the house. It is a neglected item and one that is taken for granted. The mattress we return to daily IS THE DIRTIEST piece of household item. Bed sheets may be washed and changed but the mattress rarely gets cleaned. They are heavy, they cannot be taken out of home for drying in the sun, and being fabric, cannot be washed at all.

As a result, dust mites and bed bugs make mattresses a wonderful home and hideout for themselves. They breed in mattresses and create colonies of millions of dust mites and hundreds of bed bugs per mattress.

These minuscule creatures inside your bed can actually cause an assortment of health and skin problems. Bed bugs, for instance, usually feed on our dead skin cells. Their bites can cause rashes and skin infection. Dust mites also have similar effects.

Dust and dust mites get to be easily inhaled, when air borne. Mites droppings are plenty in mattresses. When inhaled, they do trigger an abnormal production of histamine in our system. This leads to unwanted physical problems such as wheezing, coughing, trouble breathing, sneezing and watery eyes.

Needless to say, you have to maintain the cleanliness of your mattress all the time. Try the following bedroom cleaning tips:

Tip 1: Always use a vacuum cleaner when cleaning the area below the bed and the mattress. Using other cleaners without a suction formula might only transfer dust particles into the air. You are merely scattering dust everywhere in your room. Choose a vacuum cleaner that has HEPA or high efficiency particular air filter in order to remove dust in the air.

Tip 2: Vacuum all sides of your mattress at least twice or thrice a month. Run the vacuum cleaner using one direction only for more effective cleaning. Make sure you cover all areas, especially the sides and the edges of the bed.

Tip 3: To avoid collection of dust, try using mattress covers or try placing mattress toppers. Many people tend to shy away from mattress covers because they usually have the plastic interior that is quite uncomfortable. But today, you can find covers with more comfortable materials.

Tip 4: Change your bed sheets and pillow cases once a week. Dust particles and bed bugs are not the only ones you are in danger of. Your skin also sheds off dead skin cells and sebum. They can encourage bacteria and germs to breed in your sheets and pillow cases.

Wash all bed sheets, blankets, comforters, pillow cases and other bed fabrics lukewarm water and use mild detergent. Hang them up to dry completely.

Tip 5: Avoid lounging on your bed while eating. Also avoid hopping into bed if you just went outdoors. Your clothes can contain sweat, bacteria and germs that will surely get transferred to the mattress. Change into clean clothes first if you want to maintain a clean mattress.

Tip 6: Close windows during windy days. The wind can carry dust into your room and they can easily travel to the surface of your bed.

Mattress cleaning is a must for all at home.

INDOOR AIR QUALITY : Facts

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Indoor Air Quality

Here are some little known facts about the air inside many homes

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that indoor air pollutant levels may be two to five times higher than the pollutant levels outdoors.
Indoor air pollution has become a top environmental concern.
Worldwide, more and more people spend up to 90 percent of their time indoors. This is of real concern with children.
Indoor air "pollutants" include volatile organic compounds, dust, tobacco smoke, pollen, mold, and animal dander that create asthmatic and allergic reactions.

What contributes to poor indoor air quality?

Today's homes are built differently. Buildings are expected to be "energy efficient", which means retain as much of the air inside - this is to avoid loss of 'cold air conditioned" air in the tropics and to avoid heat loss in the colder countries. On the one hand is the energy bill and on the other hand is that absolute need for retaining "indoor air quality". Modern construction does not allow or facilitate air exchange which is only possible by getting rid of fowl used indoor air and replacing it fresh outside air.

Air cleaners have come into play within buildings to help purify the air and enable healthier breathing for all who are indoors. Is this really true? Is it practical?

Sources of air pollution:

Sources of indoor pollutes are plenty. Dust always precede the list. Studies show that aerosols are culprits. So do wall paints, furniture varnish and glue. The list is endless when we include kitchen gas stoves; insecticides; cleaners and detergents as well.

Tobacco smoke: Tobacco smoke is one of the many allergens. For years the EPA has reported the link between second-hand smoke and health effects.

Pollen: Pollen comes from trees and all types of plants. Opening a door or window allows millions of these particles into a home. Some people are particularly sensitive to the presence of certain pollen particles.

Animal dander: People who are allergic to cats and dogs are actually allergic to the dander flakes their pets shed. Dander can remain in a home long after the presence of the host animal.

Mold and mildew: Typically found in the shower, kitchen or basement, these sneaky plant spores also grow any place that's warm and humid.

Clean and Vacuum Your Way to a Healthy Home

Home is where we spend the most time. Wife and children spend longer hours. What is it that we can do to keep our home as healthy as possible. It is at work and at home, where the bulk of a day is spent, and hours within home almost always precedes. Our bedroom hours are fixed between 6 to 10 hours daily. The critical issue of indoor air quality and its importance is really at home.

Today homes are constructed differently. Energy conservation and a promise that your bills would be contained is a selling point. Literally it is a tight construction and allowance for ventilation that can facilitate air exchange is as good as nil. As such, that move allows for breeding of bacteria, mold, dust mites, other allergens and an accumulation of dust and pollen. All these are small and microscopic to be exact. They cannot be seen with our naked eye.

How then do we know that we are victims of these "invaders". We show symptoms of "sick building syndromes", like sneezing , coughing, watery eyes, nasal congestion, headaches, tiredness, dizziness, and sometimes difficulty breathing and lethargy as well. Millions of people suffer, seek regular treatment, ignore until it manifests into something more serious and warranting hospitalisation. So many millions suffer from sinus,asthma and even skin allergies and disorder.

Is it possible to cure a "sick" home?

Keep a clean home and one can see and fell that significant difference. Thorough and regular cleaning is as important as our daily bath. Authorities like the American Lung Association, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have asked of all to maintain regular cleaning schedules at home.

Today's cleaning systems have changed with times and have become multi functional. It is no longer just vacuuming furniture and fittings, but A TOTAL INDOOR HOME CLEANING concept. Emphasis is on keeping indoor air clean, and that is a must. Even in the cleaning world, filters get questioned. They limit function purpose and become breeders of bacteria, where neglect rules. Focus is on filtration technology and techniques that enhance efficacy.

Efficiency at picking up dirt from the floor is important and so is their allergen filtration capability. HEPA filtration systems are designed to retain minute particles so that they don't get back out into the air. Regular cleaning of the bedroom, mattresses, curtains and all types of indoor fabric fittings help reduce or contain animal dander, spiders, spider egg sacs, webs and dust mites.

Surface cleaning is insufficient. Deep cleaning and extracting dirt off surfaces go hand-in hand with vacuuming. The use of specially formulated liquid cleaning solutions, play their part in cleaning the air within home, while physical cleaning is taking place. Extract, loosen and remove allergens that cling to carpet fiber s well.

These tips can contribute to the thorough cleaning that makes a Healthier home:

Clean all floor, carpets and rugs at least twice weekly.
Clean your mattress twice weekly.
Clean all areas of the house daily that have high-traffic.
Clean upholstered furniture, drapes and fabric fittings regularly.
Cleaning is even important for homes with pets.
Wash bedding in hot water.
Pillows need regular reconditioning.
Wash stuffed animals
Control moisture in the home to prevent mold spores.
Air conditioning needs checking and regular cleaning.
Clean hard surfaces as well with right tools.
Keep windows open for air ventilation
Keep windows closed to keep allergens from entering.
Control cockroaches; their feces are an allergen

Make cleaning an essential part of your day to day indoor living.

RESIDENCE CLEANING

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RESIDENCE CLEANING and upkeep is not easy, there are

no set standards of measure and is

very much each his or her own.

Without knowledge of indoor cleaning, or standards to

compare with, homes also become sources of mold,

allergens, chemicals and an assortment of

poisons and toxins in the air? Long term

inhalation can result in serious health consequences.

Poor indoor air quality can affect health of people in areas of

respiration that trigger asthma, sinus and other bronchial

sicknesses, lead to lethargy, poorer concentration, skin

rashes, temperaments uncertainty and a host of

others including lost sleep.

Threats of poor air can seriously affect the health of seniors,

the sick, housebound wives and the younger children, as this group of people primarily remain totally indoors for up to 18 to 20 hours daily.

Old buildings, poor air circulation, little or no ventilation, carpets,

dirty mattresses, used and controlled humidity are all some of the contributive factors to air quality in most bedrooms.

General apathy and for the fact that bedrooms are private domains

lead to clutter; pile up of clothes, magazines and newspapers and

even some time uncleared bins of food wrappings. All these make

it become even more impossible to keep the room free of allergens.

Here are some simple solutions for cleaner bedrooms. Occupants

must take a proactive approach to room cleanliness and do the

necessary for the room to have clean air.

(1) Fresh Air is necessary. Open the windows,early mornings

when air is fresh or after the rain, when the air outside is all

washed and clean. Allow fresh air in and stale air would leave.

Practice often.

(2) Avoid using air fresheners and cleaning chemicals. Both

have heavy chemical contents in their product composition.

In rooms with poor ventilation, these chemicals and artificial

fragrances get to be inhaled. Exposure to these chemicals over

a period of time can trigger bronchial allergies and asthma attacks

that eventually could become long-term expensive medical problems.

(3) Mattresses need attention. All mattresses become home to

millions of dust mites. These mites breed and multiply fast, and our

dead skin cells that we shed is their feed. Naturally they too have

droppings and you can imagine millions of them leaving droppings

all over the mattress. These fecal droppings get air borne with every movement of ours on the mattress, and that is what we inhale,

through the night. Mattresses must be cleaned.

(4) No shoes indoors, especially into the bedrooms. Shoes drag in

everything that you stepped on in the toilets, carpets, walkways,

roads, restaurants and everywhere else. Plenty of nasty breeds can accompany into your house. Shoes are best left on racks outside

the house or just inside the entrance.

(5) Vacuum the entire interior of the bedroom often. This is

necessary to keep off or minimise dust and allergens. Avoid the

traditional vacuums with bags, as they tend to spill via the exhaust,

finer dusts that escape via the pores of the bag. Use cleaners that

are water based and have a hepa filter. Go for maximum in door

protection.

(6) Every bedroom must have a purifier....the right type. When you

stop to check the air you breathe through the night, you will be

surprised at the quantum of allergens, toxins, odor, dust and pollutes

in the air. An air purifier is an absolute necessity for any bedroom,

for this is where 1/3 of our life or more hours is spent.

DUST MITES

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Defending yourself from invading DUST MITES.

Widespread indoor dust which is predominant in bedrooms is a culprit and source of significant trouble to anyone struggling from rhinitis allergy, or bronchial asthma. What most asthma victims and those with bad rhinitis and sinus or respiratory related illnesses do not or fail to notice is that the invisible dust mites are incredible contributors to all their respiratory related attacks.

It is not shocking for the reality is even up to a hundred thousand mites dwell in a square metre of carpet. Mattresses are homes to 3,4 or 5 million dust mites. You could sit 7 to 10,000 mites on a finger nail. So with every nook and corner of a home being occupied by millions of dust mites, all of their wastes, dropping and carcasses become allergens allergen to anyone with allergy sensitivities.

This is to include babies and children as well with dust mite bites that result in eczema..... a skin disorder. It is really practically out of the question to create a dust free residence. There are however a number of ways to keep the dust mites count indoors, as low as possible and there- fore decrease the probabilities of encountering dust mite allergy.

It is vital to find out what are dust mites. Why are these creatures corresponded with reasons for widespread bronchial illnesses and as asthma indicators.

Dust mites are microscopic bugs. Their feed is dead skin cells shed by people and pets daily. It is a fact that an average sized human being sheds up to ten grams of dead skin per week. These shed deposits on beds, couches, and carpets are great destinations for dust mites to have far more than sufficient to consume. Mites favor moist, warm environments and therefore are invisible for the naked eye. The real mite is usually harmless to most people, they are 8 legged and blind. Not so much as our own cast skin, but the fecal droppings of these dust mites cause a range of allergic reactions that involve not just asthma but eczema, but fever, sneezing, watery eyes, itchy throat as well as other widespread allergy reactions.

Dust mites thrive on dead skin cells and so are very "naturally" found to be widespread in beds and mattresses, for this is where we are at least one-third of any day. Beds are where one-third of a household dust mites population reside. Just one mattress can be residence to to ten million mites, and mites and their droppings. This easily makes up about 10 % of the body weight of a pillow that is only 5 to 10 years old. Female dust mites can lay approximately eighty eggs along with the cycle from birth to a grownup mite. A mites life span is about 1 to a few months. Dust mites not just feed on dead skin cells but additionally foods crumbs, fish flakes, pet foods, cereals, and lots of other nutrient-rich items.

How then do we control dust mites population within the home. One technique to handle dust mite infestation is to use plastic or other dust mite impervious sheets or such placements on mattresses and couches. These sheets would assist to minimise accumulation of human and animal skin cells within the surface area of the bed or couch for such surfaces can be easily cleaned and must be cleaned frequently. Another technique to handle mite population is to frequently wash bedding in warm water. Using materials with artificial fibers is yet another method to contain mite population.

Wool blankets and pillows do have substantially greater mite counts than nylon sheets or pillows with artificial fillings. Allowing the sheets to dry generates the ambiance unpleasant for mites. Sunlight also kills mites. Regular damp dusting, vacuuming, and reducing ranges of humidity helps, while in the residence. Children’s toys are also breeding grounds for dust mites.

Yes, dust mites are widespread, filthy and horribly terrible organisms. They irritate nasal passage, bronchial areas, the skin and our body at large. Washing, cleansing, practicing hygiene, and several other methods keep dust mites populations decreased and their hazards controlled.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents in Malaysia can have a family session/discussion and experience how to do BEDROOMS AIR WASH and HOW TO MAINTAIN MATTRESS HYGIENE. Also discover EFFECTS of INDOOR POLLUTION. And more. Call 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

2011-05-23T23:07:00.000-07:00

Sick Building Syndrome

Sick building syndrome, or SBS, is a term. It is generally used to characterize a collective grouping of severe health and comfort symptoms that result from poor indoor air quality. More accurately, the syndrome is a hypothesis.It is often used to characterise resulting health and discomfort symptoms of people spending too much time

in buildings with little, poor or no air ventilation.

While it is difficult to be exact, It is also quite impossible to pinpoint the exact cause

of the illness(es). However in cases where focus on the illness is possible, and so diagnosed, then the cause is directly linked to specific airborne building contaminant. Then, the disorder is called "building-related illness," or BRI.

Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome

When numerous occupants in a building share common symptoms such as headaches, itchy eyes, nose or throat, excessive dry cough, nausea, fatigue or trouble concentrating, then the cause may be sick building syndrome. If these symptoms subside once the tenants leave the building, then it is a strong indicator of SBS. However, if a specific chemical or biological contaminant is found to be the cause of discomfort, then the diagnosis may be augmented to building-related illness.Causes of Sick Building Syndrome

CAUSES: Several factors have been identified as indication of sick building syndrome.

What are the factors associated with SBS? These include:

Indoor chemical contaminants. A good number of indoor products emit volatile organic compounds that can cause SBS when inhaled. These include adhesives, copy machines, carpeting, upholstery, cleaning supplies, pesticides, asbestos fibers, formaldehyde, cigarette smoke and stoves as well.
Outdoor chemical contaminants: Ventilation systems installed indoors can often pump in outdoor pollution. If air intake vents and windows are located near plumbing vents, sources of motor vehicle exhaust or combustion byproducts, then SBS may result.
Biological contaminants: Mold, fungus, pollen, bacteria and viruses have been associated with SBS. These indoor contaminants often accumulate in damp areas or where stagnant water is situated.
Poor ventilation: buildings that fail to properly circulate outdoor air into the indoor environment have been linked to SBS. This is largely due to both stagnation and buildup of indoor chemical contaminants.

How to Fix Sick Building Syndrome: There are a number of potential solutions to sick building syndrome. For the best results, a combination of several solutions may be necessary. Common ways to eliminate sick building syndrome include:

Upgrade the ventilation rates.
Install and maintain high-performance indoor air filters. Change all filters regularly.
If indoor or biological contaminants are to be blamed, then taking steps to eliminate or minimize their prevalence is the preferred solution to SBS. Some of the simplest methods to achieve this is to remove water-soaked carpets; floor rugs / rags; clean the drywalls and ceiling tiles, improve all ventilation in areas of high contaminant concentration (storage closets, bathrooms, etc.), and you must implement indoor smoking bans. Do all cleaning, upkeep and maintenance work during periods of low occupancy.
Education helps. Ensure all occupants understand indoor hazards and its causes. They must know the solutions, and know for sure that often we ourselves are the cause and solutions of sick building syndrome. Every indoor individual must take relevant steps to reduce rising of these symptoms.

BEDROOM DUST

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You are considered to be dust-sensitive, especially if you have allergies and / or asthma, sinus, bronchial and or respiratory disorders. One of the best things to do is to reduce indoor pollution and air contamination. Primarily, our lives today are indoors up to at least 90 % of our daily life.

Within home, within office, within car and within public buildings. We live lives within and in almost all cases, these buildings are all sealed for energy conservation,

resulting in little ventilation with little or no air exchange at all.

We can reduce some of the agony, frustrations and misery by creating "dust-free" indoor environment. Studies have shown over and over again that outdoor air is least polluted than indoor air and indoor air at large is far healthier than bedroom air. This has become a fact of life.

Dust may contain molds, fibers, pollens, dander from dogs, cats, and other animals and as well as tiny dust mites, with the possibility of all forms of toxic and industrial air borne "excretes". All of these become detrimental to living not over a day or a week, but sustained living with through life. It may take m

onths or years, but their effects on internal organs and the skin sometimes, eventually show.

Bedrooms are the worst. Dust mites invasion by the millions, live in bedding, upholstered furniture, curtains and carpets. They thrive and create "dynasties" after dynasties. They thrive in the house which is always warm and humid. The particles seen floating in a shaft of sunlight include dead mites and their waste products, The waste products actually provoke the allergic reaction. Routine cleaning is a must and is necessary to maintain a dust-free bedroom. Mattresses must be cleaned weekly to remove and reduce dust mites and drippings content and also to reduce exposure to cockroaches, which is another reported cause of asthma and allergies in some people.

You probably cannot control dust conditions in places where you work, visit or spend your daylight hours. To a large extent, however, you can eliminate dust from your bedroom. To create a dust-free bedroom, you must reduce the number of surfaces on which dust can collect. In addition to getting medical care for your dust allergy, asthma, and other indoor illnesses, do try and practice the following guidelines.

Preparation

To begin with, empty the room completely, including contents of cupboards and shelves.
Clean all shelves, cupboards and closets. Attempt to have contents kept out of bedroom.
Store contents elsewhere. Keep cupboards and closets closed at all times.
Keep floor bare and clean of clutter, boxes etc.
Remove carpets. A washable floor mat is acceptable.
Wash, clean, mop, and scrub the woodwork and floor thoroughly to remove as much of the dust.
Keep doors and windows shut. Practice ventilation or air exchange in early mornings; after a heavy rain fall etc. Maintenance.
When cleaning, wear a mask to filter the fowl dusty air.
Clean the room thoroughly and completely. Do this weekly.
Clean floor, furniture, tops of doors, shelves, window frames and sills, etc. with a damp cloth.
Stop using the bagged vacuum cleaners. Use the water based. "Wet dust cannot fly"
Clean all fabric based items and upholstery regularly.
Wash curtains often.
Purify the bedroom air thoroughly and daily.

Carpeting and Flooring

Carpeting makes dust control impossible. All carpets trap dust and become homes to all types of mites. Therefore, is a recommeded health fact to avoid carpets and to go for hardwood, tile, or linoleum floors. These are all easier to clean and upkeep.

Beds and Bedding

Minimise the number of beds per bedroom to one. Most importantly, clean the mattress thoroughly once a week. Wash in hot water the bed sheet and such bed linen. Zippered dust-proof or allergen proof chemical coated covers, do help but cleaning is a must weekly. Dust mites need no invitation and they are in millions in bedrooms.

Use only washable materials on the bed. Sheets, blankets, and other bedclothes should be washed frequently in water that is at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Lower temperatures will not kill dust mites. Use a synthetic, such as Dacron, mattress pad and pillow. Avoid fuzzy wool blankets or feather- or wool-stuffed comforters and mattress pads.

Furnishings

Keep furniture and furnishings to a minimum. Do avoid upholstered furniture and blinds, and go for wooden or metal chairs and furniture that can be scrubbed. Use light curtains on the windows as the heavier versions are difficult to remove and clean.

BEDROOM

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BEDROOM DUST

Dust triggers not only asthma but is also a known cause for several respiratory conditions. We simply ought to clean our bedrooms as much as possible and the rest of the house as well.

Regular cleaning would reduce dust content and this would very much help control and prevent the above cited conditions. Dust is difficult to control. It is never ending. No matter how hard one may try, one can not completely get rid of dust. It is so easily air borne, simply seems to stick to our clothes, bedding, mattresses and anything fabric including cushions, curtains, toys and others.

How then do we attempt at controlling dust levels indoors? There are several options and that begins with keeping floors clear of too much

furniture and clutter. That will make floor cleaning easy. Avoid use of carpets and any other forms of rugs too large, that makes cleaning difficult. Carpets and rugs may look beautiful but are great harbingers for dust.

Keep shelves to the minimum at home. More shelves lead to more items placed upon, thus making cleaning more difficult. Boxes on shelves mean, all sorts of items are kept within. Shelves cleaning become easier. Clothes too, that are rarely worn, should be put away in in plastic boxes and taken out only when needed.

Bedrooms are where most dust is found. Bedrooms have meters and meters of fabric as curtains, bedsheets, comforters, mattress itself, clothes behind doors and on stands, gowns and towels and so on. All of these, the floor and shelf space become "containers" housing and distributing dust.

Mattresses collect not only dust, but flakes that are shed from skin, dust mites droppings and other air borne pollutes that lift adrift into the air from the mattress, every time one moves, rolls over and reach for the blanket or pillow.

To minimize this spill into the air (which gets inhaled) one should wash bed sheet and all other bed linen regularly. "Beating" the mattress, pillows and blankets help. Take all these outdoors not just for beating but for sunning as well.

Carpets and rugs house dust and mites. Carpets need cleaning very regularly. Avoid use of vacuum cleaners, as the conventional bagged units spill via the exhaust a tremendous amount of dust back into the air. Use water based cleaners, as their dust holding capacity is greater. We all know that "wet dust cannot fly". You get to see dust being thrown away.

Dust comes in from the outside as well through open windows, doors and shoes. Open windows early morning when air is fresh or after the rain has stopped. Let the wind and breeze sweep though the house and carry away dusts that are afloat, as well as to replace the fowl and stale air. Practice air ventilation and air exchange.

Air conditioners, air purifiers, ducting systems are all filled with dust. Maintain them regularly, Clean ducting. Change filters in purifiers and air conditioners. Look for cracks in your house where air can flow from the outside and repair them. Poor ceilings allow the locked dusty air between roof and ceiling air to infiltrate into the house. Pet owners should regularly bathe and brush them.

BEDROOM

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Is Your Bedroom Healthy?

Within the home, bedroom clocks the most amount of hours spent indoors. To begin with as babies, we were in bed most hours of the day until we could crawl. Similarly, the elderly and the sick also spend plenty of time in the bedroom.

While babies, the elderly and the sick spend up to 18 hours daily in the bedroom, others spend about 6 to 10 hours in the bedroom, daily. Why the bedroom. This is where sleep is supposedly to help the tired body to rest, recover and energise.

Sleep refreshes. Sleep is necessary. Sleep is renewal. Is it then not important to be in a healthy environment? You may ask what is wrong with our bedrooms?

Besides modern architecture that has done away with need for ventilation, other factors have emerged like choice of building materials; furniture varnishes; textiles, mattress; poor air circulation.air conditioned enclosures; and a host of other factors that have all contributed to ill health in modern bedrooms.

The following need to be done, if bedrooms in our modern homes s are to remain as health and recovery sanctuaries and not a slow destroyer to quality living. What exactly can be done to improve bedroom health?

1. Leave everything outside. Bedrooms are not store rooms. Avoi

d the hooks behind doors to carry clothes and the day's wear. Keep the dressing table outside the bedroom, as they literally become a place to "litter". Powders,sprays, perfumes,make-ups and hair brushes add to air pollution. Do not bring shoes and pets into bed rooms as both are polluters. Maintain the room with minimal items. Keep fabric content minimal as well.

2. Manage your mattress. All mattresses require beating and scrubbing every week to rid dead dust mites; mites droppings; our skin flakes and the living colonies of dust mites. Imagine 2 to 3 million dust mites or more in the mattress, and each with that many droppings is enough to make a mattress the most unhealthy home item, and that is exactly where we go to sleep daily. Clean your mattress regularly. Where possible and if the weight and weather allows, do sun the mattress. Keep rotating the mattress, to keep it from "sinking" and to try minimise dust mites breeding.

3. Cover with curtains. Choose curtains over blinds because they can be easily removed and washed. They actually also help cover more of the window.

4 Don’t ignore the closet. Take inventory of your wardrobe? Pull out what you no longer need and give them away. Getting rid of excess is a sure way of keeping bedroom clean and healthy.

5. Add a splash of vinegar. Vinegar is a great natural antibacterial agent, that can be added to washing sheets with your regular detergent.”

6. Dry naturally. Find every possible occasion to dry your sheets in the sunshine.

7. Protect your pillow. Pillows are susceptible to stains from makeup, natural face oils, sweat and saliva. Always cover your pillow with a washable case. A pillowcase will protect your pillow and allow you to keep it longer, she says.

8. Choose lavender. The soothing scent of lavender is also a natural moth and mite repellent. Buy dried lavender in bulk and sew a little pillow. They also make great gifts.

9. Illuminate naturally. Set up your bedroom to optimize the lighting. Arrange your bed so it’s facing at least one window. Natural light wakes you up and makes it easier for you to get out of bed in the morning.

AIR CLEANING

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A good night's sleep is one of the best ways to stay healthy.

However, if airborne allergens and pollutes, invisible to the eye make sleep difficult because of nasal congestion, sneezing, and a runny nose, your air could be the problem.

Removing the allergens from your air will help you get a good night's sleep every night.

DUST.

Only when you get a chance to look at dust through a magnifying glass can tell you exactly what it is made of. Typically it is a collection of very very small pieces of fabric, dirt and / or sand, small pieces of wood, plaster, drywall, hair (human and pet), and sometimes even small pieces of metal that are shaved off hinges as doors are opened and closed.

Continually breathing these particles is unhealthy.

This causes the lungs to have to regularly filter it from the air we breathe, and makes extra work for the liver as it is constantly struggling to dispose of it. And without a reliable way to remove it from the air, it will continue to accumulate to unhealthy levels.

DUST MITES.

Bedrooms are their favorite place in the house because they feed on flakes of dead skin cells that we are shedding daily. What we shed daily is enough to feed the two to three millions of dust mites in our mattresses. . They love dark, moist, warm places (your bed) and multiply at an exponential rate. They go airborne when you make the bed, fluff your pillow, walk on the floor, or flop on the couch. The protein in their droppings is a powerful allergy trigger, and unless their population is kept to a minimum there is no chance for a good night's sleep.

ODORS.

Furniture, carpet, paint, adhesives used for bathroom tile and counters do release gas which are actually volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) into the air. If you are at all sensitive to these fumes, they cause headaches, dry throat, congestion, and other symptoms that make it unpleasant if not impossible to tolerate spending time in the bedroom. And of course that makes relaxation and sleep impossible.

Sometimes we bring home smells from the office or work in clothing. This adds to the collection of odors. Add personal fragrances from perfumes, lotions, after shave, and those from household products such as soaps, cleaning products, laundry fragrances on towels and linens and it makes for air that is unpleasant to breathe.

PET DANDER.

One of the best ways to unwind and relax at the end of the day is to spend time with your pet. If it is a warm-blooded love such as a dog, cat, ferret, bunny or bird, you air will definitely have more particles than a home without a pet. The dander or dead flakes of skin contain a protein that is a potential trigger of allergies and asthma.

Hair, fur, feathers add to the number of particles. And if you allow your pet in the bedroom it is easy for every surface to contain huge amounts of these pet-related particles. They stick to clothes, fabrics, furniture and instead of your bedroom being a haven for sleep, it becomes a room clogged with allergens.

SEASONAL ALLERGENS.

There's always something blooming, and pollen is the result. Whether it's tree pollen in the spring, or grass pollen in the summer, or weed pollen in the fall, it is all but impossible to keep it from entering your bedroom on clothing, hair, shoes, or pets. If you are allergic, even though you may not be able to see it, your body will go into overdrive with sneezing, coughing, congestion making sleep elusive once again.

Keeping the air clear of allergy triggering particles and odors is a must if you ever want to be able to sleep in your bedroom. The only way to reduce the number of airborne allergens is to remove particles continuously with high efficiency particle arresting (HEPA) filtration. This type of filtration produces only clean, fresh air and by definition removes 99.97% of particles down to.3 microns in size.

A RAINBOW Cleaner is an excellent air purifier with many other cleaning functions, all centered around a basin of water. Complimentary and no obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for families in Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia. Call: 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

DUSTY BEDROOMS

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BEDROOMS IN ALL HOUSES, are dusty chambers. WHY IS THIS SO DRASTIC?

Cleaned cabinet tops, ceiling and especially table top fan blades and almost any other flat surface show up dust within 24 hours. A swipe of the finger on the dressing table top, its mirror or any surface shows that dust is back, sooner than expected. The walls behind the bed, cupboard and dressing table is also the same. What could it be that is going on, for bedrooms to become labelled as the dirtiest place at home?

Mattresses have earned the label as the dirtiest item in the house.

We all love to retire to our heavenly bedrooms, at the end of each day, and it is these very bedrooms that have earned the nickname as BAD ROOMS. They are as good as hell for the living. Dust accumulation brings along with it an array of health disorders as well, and affects almost everybody.

Bedrooms are confined space within the four walls, the roof and the floor. Bedrooms are so full of fabric. Almost always the rooms are kept with shut doors and windows. As such the rooms have become trappings for air borne dust and pollutes to settle. The dust may come in from tiny gaps and spaces in the ceilings, from underneath the door and from upon us. All these stay within the bedroom.

Did you know that when the air conditioning unit is turned on and the air gets colder, it tends to cause a slight drop in air pressure volume within the room and therefore the tendency to draw in air. This almost like suction pump effect draws or sucks in dust into the room from all possible cracks and openings.

Those that have central air conditioning systems will always have more dust, as the whole house is involved, compared to just bedrooms with air conditioners.

Here are a few more ideas and thoughts to hold regards why the bed room is more dusty.

Bed sheets, blankets and comforters puts off so much dust and our skin flakes into the air, every time that we pull and tug to unfold whilst in bed, or fold them when we get out of to make the bed. If you a sun beam streaming in through the window, you will see "dust bombs".
Dust from clothes.. when we get back from work and hang our clothes behind doors and on hangars, we have introduced plenty of dust into the bedroom.
When we take clothes out of the cupboards and shake it open, we spray plenty of dust in the bedroom. (remember that when we put clothes out to dry, they are still wet and dust sticks to these clothes, when we bring them back into the house, to be folded and kept in cupboards).
Carpets are good "dust containers" and every foot step upon it releases "clouds of dust".
Dust under the bed. Even if your bed rests on the floor, dust is immense underneath.

A RAINBOW Cleaner is an excellent air purifier with a host of many other cleaning functions, all centered around a basin of water. Complimentary and no obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for families in Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia. Call: 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

MATTRESS FACTS

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MATTRESSES are a real welcome place of rest and for a good night's sleep. An arising issue and so regularly questioned is, ARE YOU SLEEPING HEALTHY EVERY NIGHT? Most of us are contend with a wash and change of the bed sheets. That is proving not enough and an increase in cases of allergy related patients, has already proven that the mattress is a culprit. Examine your bed carefully. Carefully as not a close look with naked eyes, but with a strong magnifying glass. You will find mites, dirt and dust all over the mattress. Just once, slap the mattress with your palm and watch the amount of "dust" surface and float in the air. UNBELIEVABLE! All that is floating before your eyes is what you inhale through you hours of sleep. As we toss and roll and shift sleep positions, and stretch open the blankets or comforter, all dust that is let loose, gets inhaled through the sleep hours........be it day or night. We call it dust and take matters lightly. What is air borne are dust. dust mites. its feces, dead skin cells that we shed, and so many other pollutes. Being very light in weight, all these that are air borne gets to be inhaled. This leads to an array of respiratory related issues like sinus, morning sneezing; itchy throats, wheezing, induced asthma, and many more including skin rashes and exyhma.

Introduction: If you examine closely your bed you will find minute mites and other weird things crawling all over the surface. These dust mites feed on your dead skin cells and their excreta flying in the air cause allergies, because you invariably inhale them while breathing. Before you fall seriously sick get relief with mattress cleaning.

Allergy: The irritation in your nose is due to the anti bodies released by your immune system fighting the foreign proteins contained in the mite excreta. Allergies untreated for long can lead to asthma and many more ailments.

Treatment: You do not need to change your mattress and increase expenses - just get it treated with the right anti allergy agent.

The method to rid your mattress of allergic mites is first to clean it and then deodorize it. Once done, the mattress is sprayed and treated with anti allergy treatment.

Cleaning starts with vacuuming your mattress, and then a low moisture agent is used to sanitize it. This completes the cleaning process.

Next comes the vital part of treating the mattress with anti allergy treatment or anti dust mite treatment, which helps to keep the mattress free of allergens for the next six months. That surely is a relief from further allergic attacks.

More good news for allergy sufferers, you can wash your bed sheets, pillow cases, etc with a special treatment during washing. Just mix a cup of this agent during the rinsing cycle and your sheets, pillow slips and comforters become free of allergens.

Pets are adorable but they too carry mites which are harmful to your health - so it is advisable to groom them outside the house to keep out the mites as much as possible.

To keep healthy and allergy free it is best to clean your mattress every 6 months.

AIR CLEANERS

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AIR CLEANERS

It has become impossible these days to enjoy our deserved 6 to 10 hours of sleep without inhaling "tons" of dust and allergens. Air cleaners have become a bedroom must.

In searching for an air purifier, many factors come into play.

Air Cleaner is a daily use unit before bed time as in preparing the room to be dust free or at least minimized as much as possible. It is recommended that the air purifier be left on in use through the night or at any time the bedroom remains occupied.

Cost of machine matters and so does its capacity for room size. Cost of up keep is another factor as some units require regular changing of its filters. In addition is the noise factor at night.

Air cleaners must be quiet. It must be suitable for bedrooms. Operationally it must be economical as well.

Based on the principle that "WET DUST CANNOT FLY", the Rainbow uses a unique water-based filtration system to effectively remove dirt and airborne particles from the air inside the bedroom or house.

In addition to removing air borne dust and particles, Rainbow's versatility allows air sanitation, air medication and to practice aromatherapy as and when the need arises. Retaining its intended function as an air purifier and yet offering then other three extra privileges, separates Rainbow as an air purifier from all others in the market place.

Besides the above, Rainbow is cost efficient, since it requires no filters replacement. Only water, that is thrown away, thus minimising bacterial growth in the system. Low in watts, but high in performance, Rainbow also saves on electrical energy.

Here are some quick expressions as expressed by rainbow owners:-

I almost instantly stopped having the major allergen issues. I thought of it as the time of the year, being seasonal effects. I was at my sisters place for the weekend for just one night, and all the allergies were back again.
I love the Rainbow for the high speed air suction, that draws all of the bedroom air for a wash in the basin, and it gives my bedroom in return water washed fresh clean air.
I have one Rainbow unit in my bedroom and the another in my office, both places that keep me indoor for up to 16-20 hours daily. Even my co workers can sense the cleanliness in the air, and the trappings in the water shock them daily. They are surprised by its quietness and how water and air are companions.Fantastic!
I have asthma and my reactions to allergens have been very annoying and disturbing. Now that I have the Rainbow, "What a relief!"

AIR PURIFIER.

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Do you like it? Plenty of people want to know

Air purifiers basically draw the air into the system, retain floating pollutes and redistribute the cleaner air back into the room. The clean air is what the people want and that is what they get from the purifiers. There are a variety of air purifiers in the market place and are of differing sizes and capacity. One can tailor size of machine to the size of room to be used in. Some models are quite compact in size, and can serve the area of large bedrooms as well. Determine the need and tailor the purchase.

Do not simply opt for a large unit on promises that they can sort and solve the air problems throughout the entire house. Bedrooms are like four walled containers and need their own units.

Air purifiers do help eliminate foul odours in the home as well. Smoking and cooking are two of the most common contributors to the foul smells. The purifiers normally have a charcoal based filter to absorb foul odour. Being able to get rid of these can make the smell of the home a whole lot fresher and pleasant to live in. This will also be welcoming to visitors as well.

Examine your choice. Do comparisons. Think long term economics and availability of parts; accessories and filters. Do comparisons. Make smart decisions.

DUST MITES

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DUST MITES are microscopic creatures, related to spiders and ticks. They live primarily in mattresses, pillows, duvets, carpets and soft furnishings. Mites do not live on people, but they live near them, feeding off shed skin scales.

Most dust mites are found in the bedroom, particularly the mattress, which provides the best conditions of warmth, humidity, darkness and food for their growth. A mattress can contain two to three million or more Dust Mites. Each female lays up to 60 eggs with a new generation produced every three weeks. During the 80 day lifetime of a Dust Mite it produces approx- -imately one thousand faecal droppings.

Not only mites get to be to be inhaled, but it is also their faecal droppings, and parts of the dead mite skeletons which are inhaled. So disturbing a bed, even by simply turning over in the night, walking on carpets and disturbing other soft materials where mites live can cause shortness of breath, runny nose, sore watery eyes, sneezing and other allergy symptoms.

Even if you are just concerned about hygiene and are not any illness prone that is likely to be be aggravated by Dust Mites, you still need to need to have your mattress cleaned two or three times a month.

The Mattress is the most important item in the home that needs to be kept clean and free of Dust Mites. How often you should have your mattresses cleaned will depend upon the severity of respiration related illness or simply the need to be healthy and hygienic. Of course for those with severe allergic reactions , regular cleaning as often as every week is the best. You can help to judge this by just being aware of when allergic reactions start to become more frequent.

Cleaning mattresses, duvets and pillows reduces dust contents resulting in lower content of mites and mite escaping into inhaled air. Do however please note that it is essential to follow the need to clean regularly to a scheduled time table.

Wash the bedsheets and such other covers at high temperatures once a week and the mattress aired well, whilst washing takes place. If you do not follow these instructions, you may make matters worse.

Only use washable blankets, pillow covers, and bed sheets. Wash bedding in hot water every two weeks. This kills mites and washes out the allergens.

CUSHIONS, SOFT FURNISHINGS & SOFT TOYS

Remove cushions and other soft furnishings. Where this is not possible, have these treated. Do not keep too many soft toys in the room and put them in the freezer for about six hours every few weeks to kill the mites and then wash them. Anti dust mite spray, sprayed lightly on all carpets and rugs once a week is good.

Then again, do vacuum to remove the carcasses or they would rot in your carpets and are also easily air borne. Some allergy specialists recommend removing these carpets from the room.

On the other hand, it is also widely believed and known that not carpeted floors actually increase sensitivity to dust, as what is not trapped (as is in a carpet) becomes air borne far more easily.

Even while vacuuming, use a HEPA filtered cleaner, to get your carpets and the mattresses cleaned. Both the heavy and lightweight curtains need to be vacuumed weekly with a HEPA filtered vacuum cleaner.

Venetian blinds, need to be wiped or washed clean, as often as possible.

Keep pets out of the bedroom. This will prevent build up of fur and dander in the room. Do wash them twice or thrice weekly. Pet’s basket and bedding needs cleaning as well.

DUST MITES CONTROL

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Sunday March 1, 2009

Controlling dust mites This article is a reprint from The STAR : Health section: http://thestar.com.my

By Dr M. YADAV

It’s safe to say that house dust mites can be found in most Malaysian homes. Unfortunately, this means that allergic responses to these mites are not uncommon.

ASTHMA and all-year round nasal allergy (rhinitis/sinusitis) are common, and the incidence is increasing worldwide (Malaysia included). Most individuals with these respiratory conditions are generally happy to take prescribed medications to suppress their symptoms and are often not bothered to find out whether an allergy could be the causal trigger.

Cats and dogs that move around indoors are also a source of food to house dust mites. They contribute skin scales, the main source of food for house dust mites. – Reuters

Similarly, eczema in infants, children and adults may get better in some cases through avoiding dust mite allergens (allergen = protein substances that cause allergy).There is now evidence that dust mites allergens may be involved in causing eczema in some situations, although food allergy is the main trigger in young children. There are few studies which show an association between persistence of allergic eczema and dust mites allergens. And unfortunately, information that house dust mite allergens can trigger the development of allergic eczema is not generally available.In some situations, dust mite allergens can cause severe allergic symptoms, including anaphylaxis (severe life-threatening systemic allergic reaction) in sensitised individuals.

In a study, it was found that 4% of wheat flour in Singaporean homes was contaminated with dust mites. Thus, any food preparation (eg scones, pastries, biscuits, chappati, flour-coated fried fish, banana fritters and other similar foods) made with dust mite-contaminated flour can cause allergic reactions such as eczema, abdominal pain and even anaphylaxis. Dust mites can be found in flour. Cases of severe allergic reaction to dust mitecontaminated flour used in cooking have been reported in Japan, the Caribbean, Brazil, Spain and other countries.

In Singapore, two cases were recently reported of anaphylactic reaction to dust mite-contaminated flour consumed in food preparations (one was due to scones and the other to fried-fish coated with Japanese wheat flour).Similar cases of severe allergic reaction to dust mite-contaminated flour used in cooking have been reported in Japan, the Caribbean, Brazil, Spain and other countries. In some countries, almost 40% of the flour obtained from different homes was contaminated with house dust mites.

Thus, people sensitive to dust mites should take special measures to prevent wheat flour and other flours from getting contaminated with dust mites. Dust mite control will not work for you if you are not allergic to mite allergens. Get the diagnosis made properly through appropriate blood allergy tests before you spend a lot of money and effort on dust mite control.

House dust mites

Many people are aware of house dust mites since many bedding items such as pillows, mattress-protectors, blankets and mattresses are labeled anti-dust mite as part of their marketing strategy. However, there is practically no research evidence from independent sources to show that such labelled items truly prevent house dust mites from colonising such items. Dust mites are microscopic, sightless, eight-legged arachnids (related to spiders) that are natural inhabitants of indoor environments. The droppings (faecal pellets) of these mites are the most common triggers of allergy and asthma symptoms, especially in humid regions where dust mites tend to thrive throughout the home.

These mites live in fabrics such as carpets, mattresses, pillow, sofa sets or furry toys, and also reside in house dust wherever present. There is not a single house in Malaysia without these mites but some houses contain huge numbers of dust mites whereas other houses contain less. Their numbers depend on suitable places for them to multiply, the quantity of food available and the amount of moisture in the house. In countries with tropical climates, such as Malaysia, the temperature and humidity are ideal for the rapid multiplication of dust mites in homes.

Several studies conducted over many years in Malaysia by Dr T.M. Ho and his team at the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, found that all houses surveyed had dust mites, with a minimum of at least six different species (in mattresses) in any house alone. The most common and densely populated species was the Blomia tropicalis, with an average density of 8,934 mites per gram of house dust, followed by Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Malayoglyphus intermedius. In most homes, their numbers far exceeded the proposed exposure threshold of 500 mites per gram house dust for triggering acute asthma.

Dust mites multiply quickly in the tropics, with each female laying 50 eggs every month. After the eggs hatch, the young mites reach maturity in about three weeks. We shed about one gram of skin per day, and the dried skin scales are found in carpets, upholstered furniture, bedding, and also in dust throughout the house. The highest numbers of multiplying dust mites occur in places with large deposits of skin scales because the scales are the main food source for the dust mites. The dust mites also consume a microscopic fungus (called Aspergillus repens) that grows on dried skin scales found in the dust throughout the house.

Mammalian pets, such as cats and dogs, that move around indoors will also contribute skin scales to the dust mites. House dust mites eat dried skin scales present in house dust and each dust mite leaves about 50 droppings of about 20 microns in size daily everywhere they go. Their droppings contain left-over intestinal enzymes which the mites use to digest the skin scales. These enzymes, which are highly allergenic, are responsible for triggering allergic asthma and other allergic diseases.

In fact, house dust mites and their droppings are the most important cause of asthma worldwide. There is clear evidence that large amounts of mite allergens in houses are directly associated with asthma in children and adults. There is ample proof that living in surroundings with little or no dust mite allergens improves or cures allergic asthma. For example, the asthmatic symptoms of children improve rapidly while holidaying in high mountain resorts where dust mites are absent.

Since dust mites cannot survive in the dry weather of high altitudes, the effect on human respiratory symptoms is often dramatic. The practice of visiting high altitude resorts, for instance, the Alps in Europe, for finding relief from allergic asthma has been known since the 1920s and is still practiced in the Netherlands, France, and other countries. However, the homes in Cameron Highlands here have high levels of dust mites and are not suitable as a mountain retreat for asthmatics in Malaysia.

Triggers of respiratory allergies

Several studies performed in the last 15 years have shown that there is a high prevalence of house dust mites in Malaysian homes, and they are a major causal trigger for the development and progression of asthma and rhinitis.In general, these studies show that 85% of patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma are reactive to house dust mites.

In addition, other allergens also play a role in the development of respiratory allergies. Allergens that are important causal triggers for allergic rhinitis in Malaysia include dust mites, cockroaches, cat dander, dog dander, acacia tree-pollens, Bermuda grass pollen, oil palm pollen, coconut palm pollen, papaya tree pollen, fungal spores (specificallyAspergillus sp. in refractory chronic rhinosinusitis) and others.

Many studies performed in various parts of the world clearly show that reducing the house dust mite allergens load in the home environment is beneficial to allergy suffers.My personal experience over many years in Malaysia has shown me that dedicated avoidance of provoking allergens (eg dust mites) brings long-term relief to allergy sufferers.If your asthma or rhinitis does not seem to be due to allergy, or is caused by other allergens such as pet dander and not dust mites, then it is necessary to act accordingly.

Conclusion

In Malaysian homes, dust mites are the most frequent causal allergen for allergic rhinitis, asthma and eczema. Patient’s symptoms improve dramatically when both living dust mites and nearly all the dust throughout the house accumulated over the years are removed. It is a daunting task, but systematic reduction of the dust mite allergen load in the home environment can be achieved through a combination of different techniques. Taking dust mite control seriously is a major step towards a healthier lifestyle for allergy sufferers with dust mite allergen-induced symptoms.

A RAINBOW Cleaner has a multitude of functions. Complimentary and no

obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for residences in Kuala

Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia.

Call: 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

BEDROOM DUST MITES

2010-12-18T16:24:00.000-08:00

WHY Go To Bed With Bugs…

Every night you go to bed and keeping you company at sleep time are millions of invisible creatures called DUST MITES. You may not beleive this fact, but they are there with you. These dust mites are not at all visible, and you will never see one with your eyes, for they are too microscopic. A thousand or more could sit on your finger nail and you will need a few hundreds to fill a speck of dust.

Dust mites do not bite, but they are health hazards to asthmatics and often the trigger to sinus issues, bronchial related disorders, and skin allergies. Dust mites have been identified as the primary trigger for asthma attacks and wheezing.

These mites can make two hundred times its body weight in waste, and you don't need a calculator or be a maths wizard to estimate the amount of waste these creatures deposit on your mattress.

Dust mites inhabit all the furniture, fittings and the rooms in your house. Smart as they are they have a strong liking for mattresses and so are abundant in bedrooms. They live on dust and dust is their medium of transport. These 8 legged creatures have no wings and it is heaven when dusts settle on mattresses. Our dead skin cells that we shed while sleeping is their feed. They get enough to last their life time, and they do deposit plenty of waste on the bedsheets.

Firstly, we must understand that it is highly impossible to eliminate dust mites totally from our bedrooms. You do not have to give in and live with them. You can treat the air in your bedroom with sanitisers that can kill dust mites and bacteria. Secondly, you can with help from modern technolgy remove plenty of dead skin cells, dust mites, carcasses, dust mite droppings and other pollutes from your mattress every other day.

Avoid overcrowding the room with book shelves; magazines; dressing table and clothes. Minimise drapery, which are actually good traps for dust. Make cleaning a priority. Avoid using the traditional vacuum cleaner with bags or even the feather duster. All they do is move the dust from one place to another, causing a dust storm in the process. A damp cloth helps better to make sure all the dirt is eliminated, but are also useless as they tend to paste dust and mites to surfaces.

Next, look on top of the wardrobe? On top of the curtain rail; On top of the door frame and not thought of areas in the bedroom. What about inside of the wardrobe! This is another area which lacks cleaning. Wash bedclothes weekly. High temperature helps. Bedroom carpets are culprits housing plenty of dust and dust mites. A good total air and bedroom cleaner like the water based kinds are the best.

A RAINBOW Cleaner has an assortment of excellent cleaning functions with a basin of water. Complimentary and no obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for families in Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia. Call: 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

BEDROOM FACTS

2010-12-10T17:44:00.000-08:00

BEDROOM FACTS

The bedroom is an important place in your home. Bedrooms create both the atmosphere and environment that allows and enables your body to rest, sleep, recuperate and rejuvenate. While the brain, mind and body at large is relaxed and undergoing"recovery" of a strained day, the heart and lungs are busy at work. Breathing goes on. The heart is busy pumping re oxygenated blood to every distant cell and the brains.

Is the air in your bedroom during the 8 hours of sleep fresh? BEDROOM AIR is of the worst quality in the house. Studies have shown over and over again that BEDROOM AIR is polluted up to 60% times or more in comparison to the living room which is 30% more polluted than outside air.

Poor ventilation and sealed environment completely prohibits air circulation and so pollutes and toxin levels in the bedroom air only increases and never decreases. Clearing the air of pollutes is of utmost importance. It is better that purified air is breathed through the hours of sleep. One sleeps better and wakes up less tired. Upon awakening, there is no sneezing or sinus related symptoms, because the bedroom air had been kept cleaned.

Select an air purifier that will literally clear the air and allow you to sleep well and breathe health in your bedroom. There are many different types of airborne pollutants that can interfere with resting well in your bedroom. Dust, dust mites, mold and mildew spores, chemical smells, smoke, pet dander, bacteria and viruses are just a few of them. Having a cleaner with multiple functions that can address different kinds of pollutants is important. This means that if one cleaner can eliminate fine particulates as well as gases and odors, why own and maintain 3 or 4 different units. Eliminate the need for multiple types of cleaners.

HEPA Filtration- Ensure that the air purifier has a high efficiency particle arresting (abbreviated as HEPA) filter. By definition this type of filtration removes fine particulates as small as.3 microns with 99.97% efficiency. This means that for every 10,000 particles in the air, a HEPA filter will remove 99,997 of them.

Having casters or wheels that roll easily across carpet, and that won't scratch wood floors is a wonderful convenience. Being able to place the filter high or low will help you conserve floor space if necessary. And lastly, being able to have the cleaner work effectively with only 6 inches of clearance from any surface is of huge importance. This allows you stay in control of how your bedroom is arranged rather than having to put the cleaner in the middle of the room.

Make sure that the cleaner you choose does not drain you of your money, effort and time in having to maintain filters, clean filters and change or buy new filters regularly. Having to change filters every 3 to 6 months adds considerably to the overall cost and time involved in maintaining the unit. Filters fill fast and one has no choice but to regularly get a new filter.

24 Hour Cleaning Capacity-Since airborne pollutants don't take a break, your cleaner shouldn't have to either. Constant filtration is the key to keeping air quality high and airborne pollutants low. Being able to send filtered air back into your bedroom continuously whether you are there or not means that you will always walk into a bedroom that is a restful and calming place to be.

A RAINBOW Cleaner has all of the above and more. Complimentary and no obligations product demonstrations can be arranged for residences in Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Selangor in Malaysia. Call: 016-3712762 for Mr K Thiruselvam

RAINBOW YOUR BEDROOM

2010-12-09T20:49:00.000-08:00

CLEANER BEDROOM AIR

(by Mr. Leavitt, a 15 years award winning Rainbow distributor).

The RAINBOW cleaner is one of the world's best air purifiers with an AHAM certificate..

The Rainbow cleaner can be placed in your bedroom and simply run for a quick twenty to thirty minute air cleaning, daily before retiring to bed.

During that twenty to thirty minutes, RAINBOW cleaner will take 99.997 percent of all airborne dirt, filth and allergens and thrust them into a hurricane swirling bath of water which is inside the RAINBOW cleaner's space age plastic water basin.

After the thirty minute air wash, the room will smell as clean as the air outside, Just as if, the bedroom had a good rain shower wash. More importantly, the air in the room will be free of filthy airborne particles and allergens.

The E2 RAINBOW cleaner has a quiet air purifying setting which can be run 24 / 7 to remove these airborne agents on a constant basis. Simply put it in the corner of a room, turn it on; you won't even hear it running.

Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Selangor residents in Malaysia can call K Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a home presentation that illustrates RAINBOW cleaners's multi functions.

BEDROOM HEALTH

2010-12-05T20:06:00.000-08:00

A HEALTHIER SLEEP.

The bedroom is usually a place of rest. It needs regular cleaning. Most people are contented with e sweeping, mopping,change of bedsheets, pillow covers and wash of curtains.

The not so hidden danger but invisible danger is one that lurks voluminously in the air and the other that is all over the bed sheet and mattress.

Without knowledge, all of us in the family breathe all of these every night of our sleep in our very own bedrooms.

A regular cleaning regime does not seem to be good or effective enough. This poor housekeeping in the bedroom is not only detrimental to quality of sleep but is also damaging overall health.

The bedroom harbours a whole slew of health hazards separate from the rest of the house. Air quality is first and is most important. Frighteningly attempting to accede that factor is the alarming increase of dust mites in bedrooms.

Allergy specialists and researchers have a few things to say about dust mites. The ironic truth that man and woman is responsible for feeding these dust mites that thrive on dander, dead skin cells, and moisture–all of which can be found in your bed and bedding. WE ARE THE BREEDERS AND PROVIDERS.

Dust-Mite Busters

Manufacturers and bedding companies suggest purchase of dust-mite covers for mattress and pillows. WILL THIS WORK? Yes, and only to the extent of killing dust mites. The dead mites will be all over the sheet and stick to our sweaty skins, bringing about skin rashes and what is afloat will get breathed into our lungs that could lead to respiratory issues.

A RAINBOW cleaner removes dust mites; dead skin cells;dust mite droppings and all other dirt from the mattress in a unique manner.

Replace pillows at least once a year. This can be expensive.

A RAINBOW cleaner shows you how to the above and also recondition every pillow in a unique manner.

Air your bed every morning to get rid of moisture that accumulated overnight. Further action is suggested which cites dust mites as the most common cause of increased asthma rates among children. Public health officials recommend additional housekeeping tasks:

Remove bedsheets weekly. Wash sheets; pillow cases.
Wash blankets monthly.

RAINBOW cleaners do wonders in your bedroom for healthier living and sleep.

Breathe Deeply, Sleep Healthily.

Air quality is the other concern for bedrooms because you breathe deeper when you sleep than when you’re awake. You will spend about one-third of your life sleeping, so air quality in the bedroom needs to be at its cleanest.

Begin by taking a close look at the furniture, mattresses, and bedding you use. Are they made from natural materials? Organic cotton, bamboo, and hemp textiles are soft and gentle on sensitive skin and they are now so popular that they are widely available at large chain stores.

What materials are used in your bedroom furniture? Avoid furniture constructed from particleboard or plywood, as they contain glue and formaldehyde that release toxic gas into the air. When purchasing new furni-ture, consider pieces made from recycled wood. It’s a better choice than new furniture constructed from wood sourced in old-growth and endangered forests. Another environmentally friendly option is to turn someone’s trash into your treasure by shopping for second-hand bedroom furniture.

Now look at candles and mosquito coils that you use. They burn up all available oxygen in the air. At the very least, you can open your bedroom windows to let in a fresh breath of air.

KUALA LUMPUR and Klang residents including others from Selangor, Malaysia may call K Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a RAINBOW cleaner home presentation.

MATTRESS CLEANING

2010-11-26T00:31:00.000-08:00

MATTRESS CLEANING

Almost everything gets to be washed and cleaned at home, except the thick and very heavy mattress that we sleep in for 6 to 8 or more hours daily. Many of us are with the false assumption that regular change of bed sheet and dust mite proof bed covers are good enough. YOU NEED TO DISCOVER.

Why is a regular mattress cleaning schedule necessary? Our mattresses are subject to body sweat, and a mattress is home to dust mites, bacteria, viruses, fungals and a host of other elements know to cause a wide spectrum of allergies.

You do want to provide yourself and everyone at home a safe and healthy environment, and this has become so very important in the context of modern living and lifestyle.

There was time of not so heavy cotton mattresses, that could easily be taken out of the house to be beaten and sunned. Today, the size and weight makes it impossible.In addition space is scarce to dry as modern society lives in sky rise apartments and condominiums.

A mattress absorbs a lot of moisture in the form of sweat. In addition to that the human skin is constantly renewing itself by shedding dead skin cells. This shed cells become the feed for dust mites and so mattresses become an automatic favourite breeding ground.

A mattress is said to house up to 3 million dust mites and more. They multiply fast and feed on our dead cells twenty times per day. So now we have a serious case at hand of 3 million dust mites; their carcasses; their droppings and plenty of our dead skin cells.

The task of carrying and cleaning a mattress can be very daunting. Where the family is big, it is even more tiring to clean all of the mattresses. A regular 'bed-care' routine, can easily be done by you within the confines of your bedroom(s).

It is easy. It is non frightening. It is healthy and it is very very safe. Above all, every time that you set upon this task, you want to do it all the more often. You will automatically find yourself doing this so very often to rid of the accumulating dust mites, micro-organisms, bacteria, and such other pollutes or at the very least, keep them all to the very minimum.

he MATTRESS CLEANING SYSTEM is an exclusively designed and practical programme by yourself for yourself and you get to extract dust,dust mites, pollutes; dead skin cells, and also to sterilise and sanitise the mattress and pillows. The end result is what you would want: "A
safer and healthier mattress for you, your family, and your guests".

Call K Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for Kuala Lumpur / Selangor residents in Malaysia to witness understand and to get on to the essential weekly need of mattress cleaning.

MATTRESS HYGIENE

2010-11-12T07:09:00.000-08:00

MATTRESS HYGIENE

Why do we need to clean our mattress? Very quickly all slept in mattresses become host to a multitude of horrors, from bacteria to fungal spores and microscopic house dust mites which feed off dead flakes of skin. Is it any wonder that without cleaning a mattress, it could be the dirtiest item in your home? It is estimated that there are up to three million house dust mites living in a mattress and in an average pillow. 10% of a pillow's weight or mattress is made up of dead skin and dust mites.

House dust mites find a mattress the perfect breeding ground. With warmth and moisture and no natural enemies, they will establish in a mattress within several months and it is their droppings which cause most problems. These have been medically proven to trigger a whole host of allergic reactions, from Asthma, Eczema and Bronchitis, to Itchy Eyes and Sneezing. Even protective bedding sheets may be largely ineffective in reducing problems like asthma, when they are the only measure taken to combat an allergy.

The idea of mattress cleaning isn’t a new one. In European countries and the United States, it has been performed for years, but the concept is new over here. It’s chemical-free, dry and performed in the bedroom using specially designed state of the art equipment. Mothers do it all by themselves nowadays. It has become so simple. You can do it too.

Kuala lumpur, Klang and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call K.Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a no obligation demonstration, explanation and presentation on

what all our bed rooms have become and why they are actually health hazards.

HOUSE CLEANING

2010-11-09T17:59:00.000-08:00

CLEAN YOUR HOUSE

Life may have become hectic, these days. There simply seems to be no time for regular house cleaning and upkeep. USE YOUR WEEKEND SMARTLY. A clean home radiates warmth and positive energy. Messy house can cause stress, depression, and ills. CHOOSE TO BE CLEAN, TIDY and NEAT. Some simple TIPS and IDEAS.

· Decide how much time you have for your cleaning mission.

· Identify areas of concern and needing attention.

· Start with all the glass windows and mirrors. Some warm water in a bucket with some soap to make a foamy solution, helps. Use a sponge and start cleaning all the glass panes and mirrors. Wipe over with plain water and dry the glass with newspaper. Your windows and mirrors would gleam.

· The furniture in your house, some could be cleaned with a soapy solution while the others might need a rub with a dry cloth. Dust the cushions and set them on the sofa. As you proceed cleaning, reposition shifted chairs and properly keep the right things in the right place.

· Laundry is a frightening word. If the pile of clothes is large, wash them in comfortable easy to handle lots. Start with the whites and the lightest. Then move on to the coloured and the heavier pieces.

· Drying the clothes is as important as washing them. Set them neatly on the wires outside, with all the clothes properly hanging. Make sure you fasten them with clothes pegs.

· This is not for you, but train the children from young to put all their toys in the toy chest.

· Once the clothes and toys are neatly organized, start cleaning the floors. Vacumming and mopping is a must.

· Start with the rooms, before you do the rest of the house. Vacuuming serves as the most effective way for cleaning up all the dust and junk that accumulates on your floor.

· Do not forget to mop the floor as well. This would clean the house further, making it look neat and tidy.

· In the kitchen, clean all the small dishes, cups, spoons and others, before starting off with the bigger pots and pans. Hand-wash them. Place the thoroughly rinsed dishes in a clean drying rack and allow to air dry.

· Clean the counter-top of the kitchen, the dining table, and organize everything neatly in the racks and cupboards.

· Do not forget the washrooms. This is done last. Start with the toilet seat and then move to the floor and tiles. Use a mild detergent for the purpose. Do not forget to clean the wash basin as well.

Finally, yourself. Now, all you need to do is take a warm water bath and relax yourself in your already neat and tidy home!

Kuala lumpur, Klang and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call K.Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a no obligation demonstration, explanation and presentation on

what all our bed rooms have become and why they are actually health hazards.

BEDROOM FACTS.

2010-11-04T17:10:00.000-07:00

CAUGHT IN A BEDROOM AIR TRAP.

It is best to read what follows. STOP to think for one moment. ACT.

You slept last night, for about 6 to 8 hours in a bedroom of 4 walls, a ceiling at the top and a floor for the bottom. Just like a "CLOSED BIG BOX"!. Right!

This is after, you got home from the "BIGGER BOX" that you were working in, called the office for about 8 to 10 hours or so. Here you had more people in this box. Right!.

What did you breathe the whole day?

What would you breathe the whole night?

Do you notice that on both occasions, you were in “air shut” compartments.

You also would realize that this is a daily affair with literally unopened windows, nil ventilation and "NO" fresh flow of air.

Perhaps, just fooling ourselves that the air conditioners will take care.

What good do you see (and breathe) living with trapped cold air, kept in circulation by “sick” air conditioners. Yes sir and madam, SICK air-conditioners. Go and open the frame of the nearest air-con unit and see the amount of trapped dust, inside. This dust content increases, gets to be constantly flushed into the bedroom, office and closed environments. Occupants breathe this, daily.

The low quality air plus the dusty environment, perfectly breeds all types of germs and bacteria and together can cause a whole lot of health related problems: migraines, headaches, eye, nose and throat infections and irritations, dry skin, fatigue, dizziness, discomfort, induced asthma and so on.

Buildings (even hospitals) are being labelled "SICK BUILDINGS". Victims to the above are our loved ones, family members, and office mates all “trapped” within the four walls of our house, and our place. More and more schools and institutions and both child or adult nurseries are included in this category of sick buildings.

Air in-doors have become very dirty and polluted, for lack of adequate air circulation. Our building structures have not provided for proper air ventilation. There is no air-flow to facilitate air exchange.

(1) To upkeep good air quality, people use air purifiers to purify the air, and air sterilizers to

sterilize the air. For adequacy, you would need many units. Are they kept and maintained in a healthy way ?

(2) Secondly, time, trouble, effort, maintenance factors and costs, prohibit people from changing the relevant filters found in these units, including air conditioners. See the consequences.

(3) Air purifiers and air sterilizers are of no air therapy value. They cannot medicate or aromatize the air at times of need. Air is also a medicinal therapeutic carrier.

Air is essential, and is more essential than water. Everybody treats water before consuming. You can go for a day without water. Nobody cares for air, but try just three minutes without air. Air brings oxygen into the body, and also doubles up as a body temperature regulator.

What then should you do? Find out more. My visit to over 1,000 families and sitting in their bedrooms in discussion, they all have seen, "the light of night", including what are bedroom risks.

You need to call 016-3712762 for an actual demo that shows the truth in your bedroom.

Stop the damage, before damage stops you.

BEDROOM AIR PURIFIER

2010-10-31T18:29:00.000-07:00

BEDROOM AIR PURIFIER.

We all sleep without fail daily. The hours may vary fro 5 to 6 hours for adults and children and the elderly between 9 to 12 hours and even more.

What is the air like in the bedrooms. We occupy these rooms the most number of hours. We sleep to rest and rest time must be healthy time.

Air cleaners and purifiers can filter the air, that the family breathes within the house.........especially in the bedrooms.Air must be made free of dust and floating particles and gases by removing them.

Particles, dust, pet allergens, odors and smoke fill the air in almost every home. The air that is returned to the room upon purification by these purifiers is much cleaner. Air cleaners are now available in portable units and in different sizes.

There are many on the market with various filtration stages and some have enhanced air quality features, so prices do vary considerably. Before you start shopping, these tips can help you sort through the air cleaner features.

Where Will You Place The Air Cleaner? The advantage of portable air cleaners is that it can be used in any dry area of your home. The most likely area is the room where it can be of most benefit - where there is the largest concentration of allergens, or in the bedroom where you spend several hours of a 24 hr period. If it is small and effective enough, you can even take a small unit with you on vacation for use in motel rooms.

You can even transfer it from room to room often, as the needs arise. Ideally each bedroom must have a unit. Find an easy to reach level or leave it on the floor, close to a plug-in outlet, and at least 3" or so from the wall for adequate air circulation.

Capacity of the Unit. Bedrooms can be big or small. Has the machine of your choice the capacity for Size of Room. The size or capacity of air cleaner depends totally on the size of the room area you intend to use it in. Efficiency is basically upon machine capacity against room size, and how many times per hour that volume of air will pass through the unit. Do consider features like quietness and settings. Some have night lights as well.

Filtration Performance. Generally the more filters. the better the output. Read the packaging for filtration features, life span of these filters and frequency of changes or washing them. Filters trap the particles and do get clogged, thereby reducing efficiency or spoiled motors. Multiple filters could mean multiple changes over time and this can be costly. Choose wisely.

Kuala lumpur, Klang and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call K.Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a no obligation demonstration, explanation and presentation on

what all our bed rooms have become and why they are actually health hazards.

BEDROOM UPKEEP: AIR CLEANING

2010-10-23T18:47:00.000-07:00

Where Should I Place the Air Cleaner or Purifier in My Home?

Where should I place the air cleaner in my home? What's the best place for an air purifier?

Before you attempt to answer those two questions, do answer the severity of your need for an air cleaner and this would help to dictate whether you should have just
one unit or more and where to place them.

Where do you spend the most time in your house? Position your air cleaner in the room where you spend the most time in a 24 hour day and that is usually the bedroom. Choose a machine that matches the size of your room (normally in cubic expression) to ensure efficiency.

Should your particular needs demand more allergen control, you may want to consider more units that need be placed in the living room, study; dining and so on. Having multiple units means more family members can benefit as well.

It is now common practice to have air cleaner in offices, since most buildings remain totally sealed and people hours tend to get longer in sealed rooms.

Position these units some distance from walls or furnishings, as the need to circulate air is important. Before you purchase, consider maintenance and operational costs; parts and spares, warranties and long term durability.

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DUST FREE BEDROOM

2010-10-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

DUST FREE BEDROOM

Everyone must strive for dust free bedrooms in their respective homes.
No where in the house does anybody spend so much of time as in the
bedroom. To a large percentage of the population, it does not matter
the look of their bedroom, but not the living room.

We choose to impress. We make the living room very inviting.
Nothing wrong with that, because that is where the family members
as well as guests and visitors gather and are entertained.

However, the bedroom is where we spend 6 to 8 or more hours daily.
We sleep to rest and recover. A dusty bedroom, puts pressure on our
lungs and heart. Our lungs are to help draw oxygen from the air and
NOT TO ACT AS AIR BAGS TO FILTER AND COLLECT DUSTS.

How clean is the air in your bedroom?

In order to have a bedroom without dust, START A CLEAN UP PROGRAMME.

* Completely empty the room, just as if you were moving away to a new place.
* Empty the drawers and the closets. Do this outside the bedroom, preferably
even outside of the house.
* Clean all drawers and closets. Store contents elsewhere and seal closets.
* Keep clothing in zippered plastic bags.
* Keep your shoes in boxes off the floor, preferably not in the bedroom.
* Remove carpeting. Think of alternative for the flooring, if necessary.
* Clean and scrub the woodwork and floors thoroughly to remove all traces of dust.
* Wipe wood, tile, or linoleum floors with water, wax, or oil.
* Cement any linoleum to the floor.
* Close the doors and windows and clean the air in a water based cleaning system.
* Clean the room thoroughly and completely once a week.
* Clean floors, furniture, tops of doors, window frames and sills, etc., with a damp
cloth or oil mop.
* Carefully clean curtains; chairs and such other upholstery regularly.
* Use water based cleaners, as they are the best trappings of dust.
* Wash curtains often at 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
* Air the room thoroughly.

BEDROOM AIR TIPS

2010-10-04T20:47:00.000-07:00

Tips to Improve Bedroom Air Quality

The time is now not just right but crucial for mothers at home and owners of offices and operators of schools and public communal places to check air quality indoors.

Todays needs for removing contaminants and pollutes in the air is unbelievable. Indoor pollution is at its heights, with modern sealed in living styles. Bedrooms are at its worst.

Primarily, bedroom air needs urgent attention, as everybody spend long hours at sleep. Adults may be 6 to 8 hours, children from 8 to 10 hours and infanys and the elderly even longer hours.

Air needs cleaning. We breathe non stop. We do wash our food; boil the water; wash our laundry and wash our bodies. The air we breathe is dirty, is never washed and so our lungs are getting the worst treatment.

Are there ways to clean the air? Here are some tips and suggestions.

(1) Have an air purifier in each bedroom. Let it function 1 to 2 hours before
bedtime. Have the air cleaned daily, before bed time.

(2) Fresh Air! Inside our home is trapped between the four walls, floor and roof (we
live in boxes) are volumes of pollutes; dust; gaseous vapours off furnitures and
fittings,chemicals off insecticidal sprays; perfume sprays plus formaldehyde and
benzene furniture, carpets and cleaning products. All of these tend to collect in
our homes and the air we breathe.
Do get outside and spend time outdoors. You can bring the fresh air in by
regularly opening your windows and allow the inflow of fresh air to out flush
soiled air.
Air must be kept in a recirculation process and this is possible only with
adequate ventilation. Remove fowl air.

(3) Plants. Plants not only freshen the air we breathe, but do add colour and life to
indoor environment. Simple easy to grow potted pants are the best. They are not heavy or expensive. Every other day, take the pots out and have another set brought in. Keep alternating.
Indoor air quality is in our hands to be taken care of.

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BEDROOM CARE and CLEANING

2010-09-29T16:46:00.000-07:00

It would be good to STOP USING

BROOMS, RAGS, DUSTERS and VACUUM CLEANERS

within the house as soon as possible.

USE WATER USE WATER USE WATER USE WATER

YES!

Use water to sweep the house. Use water to clean the entire interior of your home.................. without getting anything wet at all. Bring the change into standards of hygiene and healthier indoor living standards.

A no obligation privilege demo

is yours on request in Wilayah and Selangor only. .

Done in your very own home, as husband and wife you both qualify for ONE COMPLIMENTARY MATTRESS CLEANING.

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DUST MITES MENACE

2010-09-20T19:28:00.000-07:00

DUST MITES MENACE

DUST MITES are everywhere in your home, in your carpet, the clothes in your closet, your couches, and in even your bed. This article will overview various dust mite habitats (with pictures) and what can be done to reduce their population in the specified infestation area.

CARPETING: Carpeted rooms are the perfect breeding ground and habitat for house dust mites. By some estimates there can be approximately 100,000 dust mites living in a square yard area of carpet in your home. Controlling dust mite populations in carpetted homes can be done by vacuuming regularly or even removing carpet and replacing it with tile or hardwood. Carpets need deep cleaning, and not just the surface. It is best not to have a carpeted home, as they become the BEST DIRT and DUST COLLECTORS and are the worst of home decorative.

FURNITURE: Dust mites also love upholstered furniture such as fabric couches and cushions. The reason a couch would be an area with a high infestation level is because it is usually a high-traffic area. People tend to eat from couches, pets may lay there, and dead skin cells will also be left behind from humans sitting or laying down on couches. You can reduce the population in rooms where couches or similar furniture would be located by replacing fabric upholstered furniture with leather or even wood (generally furniture that does not have a lot of padding). Also, you should have as little possible furniture in areas where a dust mite infestation could be potentially high.

SMOOTH HARD TOP SURFACES: Again, dust mites are everywhere, even in the dust on the smooth hard top surfaces of furniture, cabinets, shelfs and so on. In addition to dust mites, dust contains substances such as cigarette ash, mold spores, and insect droppings which can cause allergies. To control dust mite populations in areas such as the one shown, it is important to damp dust regularly. Cluttered surfaces are also another breeding ground; it is recommended you keep smooth surfaces, such as the desk shown, uncluttered and clean to prevent the accumulation of allergy causing substances.

MATTRESSES and BED LINEN : Your bed is probably the first best habitat for dust mites, and attention should be given to make sure the infestation level here is low. Anywhere from 100,000 to 10 million dust mites may be living in your bed, but there are several things that can be done to reduce the population in your bed.

Vacuuming your mattress set with water based traps help contain whatever dirt you clean off the mattress. Conventional vacuum cleaners that are bag or canister based, spill more dirt in the air as you clean. Choose practical easy and more efficient way to control dust mite populations. Dust-proof mattress covers, serve for a short while
while the chemicals on the spread remain strong enough to kill dust mites.

BED LINENS: While you sleep, your skin sheds leaving behind scales for dust mites to feed on. Research shows that putting fitted sheets on your bed helps indirectly reduce dust mite populations by reducing the accumulation of skin scales. Also, washing your sheets every week in hot water will kill them; it is recommended that blankets that use non-synthetic materials be used or placed on the bed.

Pillow covers/cases require as much attention as the rest of the bed linens. Wash your pillow cases once a week in hot water with the rest bed linens to kill dust mites living on your linens. Replace pillows that have feathers as a filling material with cotton or synthetic materials. Alternatively, you can put allergen-impermeable covers over your pillows, but these covers are only available at speciality stores. One other tip is to remove the pillow cover from the pillow and shake it to remove some of the accumulated skin scales.

Dust mites can never be eliminated from the house, but steady maintenance can keep population numbers low.

Kuala lumpur, Klang and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call K.Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a no obligation demonstration, explanation and presentation on

what all our bed rooms have become and why they are actually health hazards.

BEDROOM DUST

2010-09-03T23:40:00.000-07:00

A Clean Bedroom Helps Those With Dust Allergy

Minimizing Dust in Bedroom is one of the keys to managing dust allergies. The waste products of a microscopic creature called dust mites makes millions of people sneeze and cough. Reducing dust in the bedroom helps lessen symptoms.

Dust mites eat the skin cells shed by people. They thrive in a warm moist environment which makes the bedroom an inviting place for them to live. Mattresses are perfect for dust mite reproduction.

Carpets, curtains, stuffed animals and comforters also do provide ideal conditions for the dust mite to survive and thrive. For those suffering from a dust allergy, cleaning out the bedroom is crucial to managing the allergy.

Follow these steps to banish dust mites forever.

* Encase pillows, mattress and box spring in special allergy covers.
* Make sure that pillows are made from synthetic material, rather than feather and
foam rubber which retain moisture and increase dust mite production.
* Remove carpeting and replace with wood or other non-porous flooring. If unable to
remove carpet, use tannic acid to denature the allergen or use a miticide to kill
the dust mites.
* If unable to remove carpeting, use a HEPA vacuum cleaner. The person with the
allergy should not do the vacuuming and should stay out of the room for 2 to3
hours after the vacuuming is completed.
* Replace curtains with easy to clean blinds or shades. If unable to remove curtains,
hang machine washable curtains and launder every week in hot water.
* Wash all bedding (sheets, comforters, spreads, blankets) every two weeks in hot
water (over 130 degrees).
* All stuffed animals should be washed every two weeks as well. Another option for
stuffed animals is to place them all in a plastic bag and put them in the freezer
for several hours to kill the mites.
* Dust all surfaces- don't forget ceiling fans, light fixtures and window sills- at
least twice a week with a pretreated or damp cloth.
* Keep pets out of the bedroom at all times.
* Keep humidity in the room as close to 50% as possible. A dehumidifier may be
needed.
* Books and toys are prime dust catchers. Use cabinets with doors or closed plastic
bins to store these items. Avoid framed pictures which also trap dust.
* Install a high efficiency filter in the furnace and air conditioner unit. Change
the filter every three months. Consider an electrostatic filter for the vent
opening or close the vents in the bedroom and use an electric heater.
* Ban upholstered furniture from the bedroom. Use leather, wood, plastic or vinyl
furnishings.

These measures and methods may seem harsh and these are some of the many ways to clean and upkeep a bedroom and to try and keep dust mites at bay.

Nobody wants a barren bedroom devoid of decorations. Minimise fabric content.Use bold paint colors or wallpaper to brighten the room and to add to the decor. Floors come in colours too. Use glass doors on bookshelves to show off books, and collectibles.

BEDROOM CARE

2010-09-02T18:01:00.000-07:00

BEDROOM HEALTH

YOU and YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS lock yourselves into a room called BEDROOM. Keeping you company in your mattress through the night for 6 to 8 hours daily are MILLIONS of DUST MITES (see picture).


You can call it "sleep" or call it "rest", but in actual fact you are ruining health one night at a time.
The truth is that up to about 1/3 of you day, which equals to about 1/3 of your life is spent in the bedroom. 6 to 8 hours daily and even more for infants and the elderly.

BEDROOMS have earned a reputation as the dirtiest place at home....in any home. Think of your very bed, that you slept in last night.

When did you last wash the bedsheets, blanket, pillow cases, comforter and other bed linen?

When did you last wash the mattress, you sleep on DAILY?

So, what are you sleeping on and sleeping with for 8 hours, daily.
Think again and think carefully. Your nose is on that dirty linen, breathing spoonfulls of dust, dead dustmites and their droppings.

Choose to see the truth.
All beddings including the mattress, pillows, blankets and comforters, must be washed and cleaned every 10 days. Some people recommend throwing away the pillows about every six m onths.

What do you do with items that cannot be washed or put into hot water or dryers.

Kuala lumpur, Klang and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call K.Thiruselvam at 016-3712762 for a no obligation demonstration, explanation and presentation on
what all our bed rooms have become and why they are actually health hazards.

BEDROOM CARE and CLEANING

2010-08-29T06:02:00.000-07:00

TOTAL HOUSE CLEANING

If you've never used a RAINBOW,or seen a RAINBOW in use or had a demo shown to you, you are in for a shock. A REAL SHOCK.

With regular standard vacuum cleaners, while vacuuming, dust particles escape through pinhole sized pores in the bags.

The water canister that sits under the Rainbow traps dirt, dust, etc. in the water as you purify the air. WET DUST CANNOT FLY.
You actually see the water getting darker and darker. You can use RAINBOW as your vacuum cleaner as well. You may have without fail, daily used your vacuum cleaner with its regular bag on your carpets and floors, and yet still not get your carpet as clean as you can with one pass of the Rainbow!
Over and above air purifying and vacuum functions, watch RAINBOW with its accessories clean any one of your mattresses.

An assortment of attachments include a hose that will not crack or leak, stainless steel wands, a power nozzle, upholstery care tool,a dusting brush, a floor and wall brush, a crevice tool, a caddy, an aero-bag and a few others.

Rainbow Hydro Cleaners are made in America. Rexair of Troy Michigan has been manufacturing this amazing multi purpose air and home (office) cleaning machine for the past 80 years.
The combination of the air and water cleaning provides the best floor cleaning system in the world.
The Rainbow literally "scrubs the air" so well, that it has become a choice product by doctors in clinics and hospitals, a choice product by hoteliers and a choice product amongst families. Its indoor air cleaning function earned it the AHAM certification.

The wet dry vacuum in conjunction with the HEPA filtration system remove all the mold, dirt, dust and allergens from the units exhaust. Rainbow will assure you a so much more cleaner and healthier house that you can be proud of.
However if you really want to see the real benefit of owning and using the Rainbow in your daily life, the best way is to start with a NO OBLIGATION home demonstration.

Kuala Lumpur/Selangor families may call 016-3712762 for a DEMO APPOINTMENT.

CLEAN YOUR MATTRESSES.

2010-08-15T05:19:00.000-07:00

WHY CLEAN YOUR MATTRESSES!!!

MATTRESSES DILEMMA.

VERY VERY QUICKLY, mattresses become host to unthought horrors. Very quickly, mattresses earn the title as the dirtisest item in the house.... in any house for that matter. Why? From date of purchase, they have been slept in for 6 or 8 or more hours daily, and MATTRESSES DO NOT GET TO BE CLEANED, WASHED or DRIED. All that we wear, gets laundered. All that we use, get to be washed and cleaned. The mattresses at home get the least attention. Almost all mattresses become home to bacterial colonies; fungal spores and microscopic house dust mites which feed off dead flakes of skin. Is it any wonder that without cleaning a mattress, it could be the dirtiest item in your home? It is estimated that there are up to 2 million house dust mites living in a mattress, pillow included. 10% of a slept in mattress weight is made up of dead skin and dust mites.

House dust mites find a mattress the perfect breeding ground. You provide the warmth (body) and moisture (sweat) and no natural enemies. They establish themselves in a mattress within several months and it is their droppings which cause most problems. These have been medically proven to trigger a whole host of allergic reactions, from asthma, eczema and bronchitis, to itchy eyes, sinus and sneezing.

The so called protective bedding sheets and covers that say "dust mites free" are also largely ineffective in reducing dust mite related problems. Dust mites are dust borne and would die as they land on anti dust mite treated bed spreads and sheets. The carcases get to be air borne and inhaled. It is all these inhaled microscopic elements that cause the respiratory disorders, and on contact with skin, give rise to allergy reactions. The idea of mattress cleaning isn’t a new one. Since mankind slept on mattresses, it was habitual to dry the mattress and give it a good beating. Situation has changed with less space to dry mattresses; mattresses have become bigger, heavier and more difficult to be carried out to dry; time constraints. Do the cleaning indoors, in the most healthiest of ways. WATER, the best cleanser without getting anything wet, but all dirt removed off the mattress.

Call Thiru K at 016-3712762 in Selangor or Wilayah, Malaysia.

AIR PURIFYING

2010-08-09T21:02:00.000-07:00

Rainbow has a new motor!
Hi! Just wanted to mention that Rainbow has manufactured a new motor, turbo! No bearings, no brushes. This is relatively new. And, the unit is completely insulated, so water cannot get into the motor. (Unless you drop it from a 20 story building, I guess!)
The mechanism for filtration by water (the separator) is patented, so it is one of a kind!

Let me know if you want more information. And, of course, I am an authorized dealer, so let me know if you want one. I can't sell it to you over the internet, but if we cannot get together, (d/t distance), I'll find someone you can talk to.

It's an incredible machine! A demo shocked and awakened me to realise what I am not doing for the family. Seeing the level of pollution within the house and especially the bedroom and the mattress, I not only purchased the unit instantly but got interested to show this product to as many families, and am still at it after 7 years. It is this product and its contribution to health. The many benefits continue even today and am unable to put total vale gained in dollars.

It remains "a vacuum cleaner" on sight but becomes a "health product" when put to use. It leans very much towards being an excellent air purifier. Therein lies its strength. It's a water-based system, where the high-speed "hurricane" type motor draws in and traps airbone particulates in the water. It has a Hepa filter, but no bags or filters that have to be changed. It's promoted as serving 10 functions, the most notable being an air purifier (draws airborne dust into water), air sanitizer, vaporizer, aromatherapy, wet and dry vacuum, humidifier, etc.

My new house, by virtue of modern construction design doesn't get enough air flow, resulting in more dust accumulation, Rainbow does an excellent show in my bedrooms. Not jjust talk, but the water shows its trappings every time, WITHOUT FAIL.

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AIR CLEANING

2010-08-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

CHOOSE TO OWN a compact, lightweight, portable and easy to use to CLEAN AIR, to SANITISE AIR when necessary, to MEDICATE AIR at time of need or to simply aromatise the air.

How interesting. one machine with all the above four basic functions incorporated within, and that it can be moved all over the house by any ten year old. The machine is so easy to use, it is so versatile and very home user friendly. Cleaning the air will be good for the lungs.

We do not want our lungs to be air filters. Let the machine clean the air and have all pollutes and dust trapped in water, for disposal. The better benefit is that the system helps to destroy up to 99% of common bacteria. viruses, and other germs in the air. Cleaning and and sanitising the air will help prevent the spread of flu, colds, and other respiratory related infections.

Set the system into full speed for ten minutes in your bedroom. Cleaning the air at 90 cubic feet per minute, 10-20 minutes gives thorough cleaning of a bedroom's indoor air. Shift the unit into the second room and do the same. Where necessary, one can sanitise the air, medicate the air or aromatise according to needs of the family.

Wilayah and Selangor families in Malaysia can view in the comfort of their living room or bedroom an actual unit in action. Also take this opportunity to see what mattress cleaning is and its benefits to family health. Call 016-3712762 for Thiruselvam K.

ALLERGIES

2010-07-26T19:14:00.000-07:00

ALLERGEN PROOF YOUR BEDROOM.

We all spend about one-third of the day in our bedrooms. For this reason,it's important for us to make our bedrooms safe havens from allergens and allergy-triggering substances. By doing what I am about to share with you, it's possible for you to achieve peace and better health during your sleep hours. No more or lesser runny nose or coughing, respiratory and skin related allergy symptoms.
1. No pets in the bedroom
Make sure you keep your pets out of the bedroom. Pets like cats and dogs carry allergens that could trigger allergy reactions, so for those people with allergies, it is better for you to not have pets at home. Since pets are mostly active enough to walk around your house or neighborhood, they propably carry more allergens than you might be able to imagine.
Still, no pets in your room does not mean your room is free from pet allergens. Pets such as dogs and cats produce or carry allergens that are light enough to float through every corner in your home. This is where a good air filter or air purifier comes in. An air filter with a HEPA filter will cleanse/filter the air in your house so that allergens are trapped in it. Cleaner air always mean less allergy symptoms and reactions.
2. Encase your mattresses, pillows, bedding, etc
Your mattress is like the multi-million dollar mansion for allergens like dust mites. It is warm and soft, retains moisture, and provides food(your skin flakes and food crumbs) for their survival. To deal with this situation, you can encase your mattresses, pillows, and bedding with an encasing. By doing this, you protect yourself from allergens such as dust mites and pet allergens from entering your bed and make it their hiding spot as well as creating a barrier between you and those allergens that have already stayed in your bed. Those encasings need not be those plastic bags that cause you to sweat, but of other materials.
3.Filter your air in the bedroom
By using an air-filter, you will be able to breathe easier and comfortably. Light allergens are effectively filtered from the air by operating an air filter in your bed room. By lowering or removing the air-borne allergens, you get to lower your risk against allergic reactions. A good air-filter is one with good wattage; uses little electricity and are less expensive to maintain. Regular change of filters can be expensive.

RAINBOW is very economical, using water to purify in the bedroom. RAINBOW goes a few steps further with its versatile design. You can sanitize the air in the bedroom and when needed you can also medicate the air and even practice aromatherapy. RAINBOW with its powerful mattress beater cum scrubber rids unwanted dust mites; skin flakes; carcasses and also dust mite droppings off the mattress and into a basin of water to be thrown away.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call 016-3712762 for a Rainbow demo.

4. Wash your bedding, bed sheets, mattresses and pillows.

Wash the bedding in water at temperature of at least 55 degree Celsius, to kill allergens like dust mites effectively. Ideally, wash them one a month.
5. Frequently tidy bedroom.

Rid the room of books and magazines; stuffed toys; clutters; used clothes and the carpet. Keep the room as scanty as possible to avoid or minimise dust and allergens accumulation.

By following the 5 tips above, you will be able to reduce the amount of allergens in your room to a degree where no allergens are able to trigger an allergy reaction. Do what you can do to reduce the amount of allergens in your home, especially the bedrooms where family members occupy the most time daily. Make your homes safe and healthy.

AIR

2010-07-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

AIR: CLEAN TO BREATHE

So you've tried the bag, bagless and HEPA filter versions of the vacuum cleaners on the market, and you still aren't satisfied? You are getting tired and sick of searching, buying, stocking and regularly having to change and throw away these bags. What a waste, as they are never full. Removing, washing and replacing dirty cups and canisters seem no solution either. Do you feel like no matter how often you vacuum, there are still dust particles in the air and carpet, on the furnitures and almost anywhere else. Then you obviously have not tried a Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner! Use both the powers of The Power of Water and air to clean your house and almost all of its contents.
Water probably isn't the first component that comes to mind when you think of a vacuum cleaner filtration system. However, the Rainbow Cleaning System was developed around the concept of using water to trap dirt particles. The idea behind the system is that wet dirt and dust particles cannot fly. Therefore, dirt and dust are not redeposited into the air, as is the case with most bag filter systems. The Rainbow Cleaning System uses a HEPA Neutralizer Filtration system in addition to the water system, to ensure you will get the best clean air possible!
One of the most popular features of the Rainbow Cleaning System is the fact that you can look into the water reservoir and see just what a great job the Rainbow is doing, even if it was just cleaning the air. You will see the water showing its trappings of all floating dust particles. As you go about cleaning the house, you'll notice the water in the basin get darker and darker as more dirt and dust particles are trapped in the churning water within the reservoir. Once you are finished cleaning, simply empty the lightweight reservoir and replace it for the next use.
We will visit your home upon request and do a complete demo of the RAINBOW, illustrating all of its functions. You do get one mattress free cleaning as well. Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents in malaysia may call 016-3712762 for K.Thiruselvam.

BEDROOM POLLUTION.

2010-07-08T08:08:00.000-07:00

Most people are aware that both the outdoor and indoor air pollution can damage their health, but may not know that indoor air pollution has a far greater damaging effect. Several studies of human exposure to air pollutants indicate that pollutants levels in indoor air pollution are 2-5 times more, and occasionally more than 30-50 times worse off than outdoor levels. These levels of indoor air pollutants are of particular concern because it is estimated that most people, including children, spend as much as 90% of their time indoors.
Over the past several decades, our exposure to indoor air pollutants is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the construction of more tightly sealed buildings, reduced ventilation rates to save energy, the use of synthetic building materials and furnishings, and the use of chemically formulated personal care products, pesticides, and household cleaners.
In recent years, comparative risk studies have consistently ranked indoor air pollution among the top five environmental risks to public health.
Indoor Health.
Schools have four times as many people per unit area than the typical office building. Schools also support a variety of activities (from art to gym classes) and often have tight budgets and deferred maintenance. These factors make it difficult for schools to ensure good indoor air quality. Schools have unsatisfactory environmental conditions. Studies conducted within schools show unsatisfactory environmental conditions like unsatisfactory indoor air quality and unsatisfactory ventilation.

Offices also fall victims to poor indoor air. Offices are carpeted and every movement stirs dust into the air, and for that number of bodies moving around, stirred up dust remains afloat till the end of the day. Again, offices are sealed units with no ventilation or allowance for air circulation. Inside air does not get out and outside air does not get in. In addition to this, air con and heaters ducting systems hardly get cleaned and so are breeding grounds for bacteria and virus. Fumes from overheated computers; printers and photocopiers add to the toxic mix. Sick Building syndromes show up in almost 90% of the offices amongst employees.

Homes do not escape either. Modern construction methods do not allow for ventilation. Houses become sealed chambers of fowl air. Materials and chemicals used in manufacture, release toxins within the house and do not get a chance to be diluted with outside air. Air circulation literally does not exist in homes. Bedrooms that are occupied daily without fail for 6 to 10 hours are getting a new label as "badrooms". Pollution within the bedroom is up to 60% worse off than the living room. Mattresses have become breeding grounds for dust mites; bacteria and viruses.

Check and contain air pollution. Choose to breathe clean air. See a Rainbow machine demo within the premises of your office or home. See for yourself what you have been breathing the last 8 hours of your time in the office and at home. Kuala lumpur and Selangor residents in Malaysia may call 016-3712762 for K Thiruselvam. This demo means a lot to you and your family.