How housework is making you ill

And with almost 30,000 UK deaths each year from air pollution (almost as many as smoking), your cleaning regime could actually be creating a home from hell. 

If you're hanging wet washing up to dry indoors you’re filling your home with over nine pints of extra moisture each day - more than using a kettle. Moisture helps bacteria, fungi and mould to grow, causing respiratory problems.

Using bleach regularly causes irritating compounds to be released into the air. When these are breathed in by children especially, this can lead to inflammation of the lungs and a higher susceptibility to various illnesses.

Carpets are a source of dust, pet dander, mould spores and chemical vapours from cleaning agents.  Vacuuming – or even just walking across carpets – can make these particle pollutants become airborne causing allergies and asthma.

Gas cooking stoves emit nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, which can aggravate respiratory health problems. 

Linalool, (sweet, floral, woody and lavender aroma) – the most abundant chemical in perfumed hygiene products and cleaning agents – is known to cause lethargy, depression, and life-threatening respiratory attacks.

If your home is near a main road or railway, opening a window could potentially increase the risk of exposure to exhaust fumes. A number of studies show a link between this particulate pollution and cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and cancer.

The AeraMax range of air purifiers features a True HEPA filter which is an EU certified level of ‘High Efficiency Particulate Absorption,’ removing 99.97% of airborne impurities as small as 0.3 microns, creating a fresher home environment.