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不用化学物质来清洁空气的方法

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Ways to get clean air without chemicals

不用化学物质来清洁空气的方法

Whether you’re indoors or outdoors, the quality of the air you breathe can have a big impact on your health. Studies have tied poor outdoor air quality to lung cancer, strokes and heart disease. In fact, air pollution causes 3.3 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.

无论你是在室内还是室外,你呼吸的空气质量都会对你的健康产生很大的影响。研究表明,户外空气质量差与肺癌、中风和心脏病有关。事实上,根据哈佛大学公共卫生学院(Harvard School of Public Health)的数据,全球每年有330万人死于空气污染。

We spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, the Environmental Protection Agency says. Here's how to make sure you and your family are breathing the cleanest indoor air possible. (Photo: sukiyaki/Shutterstock)

Read on for some tips on improving your indoor air quality without the use of chemicals.

请继续阅读一些关于不使用化学物质改善室内空气质量的建议。

1. Open your windows. It's the simplest (and cheapest!) thing you can do to improve your indoor air quality. Open your windows for even just five minutes a day to alleviate the accumulation of harmful air pollutants in your indoor air.

打开你的窗户。这是改善室内空气质量最简单(也是最便宜的!)的方法。每天只需打开窗户五分钟,就可以减少室内空气中有害污染物的累积。

Several types of houseplants filter out common volatile organic compounds from your indoor air. (Photo: imnoom/Shutterstock)

2. Spruce up your décor with houseplants. Having indoor houseplants can help improve indoor air quality, according to a study published by the American Society for Horticultural Science. For example, spider plants are effective at reducing benzene, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and xylene. (Here are 14 more houseplant suggestions.)

用室内植物装饰你的房间。美国园艺学会发表的一项研究表明,室内盆栽植物有助于改善室内空气质量。例如,蜘蛛草可以有效地减少苯、甲醛、一氧化碳和二甲苯。(以下是另外14条室内植物建议。)

Simply taking your shoes off at the door keeps many types of pollutants out of your home. (Photo: OSORIOartist/Shutterstock)

3. Take your shoes off. The dirt outside can carry some really yucky stuff: pesticides, pollen, fungi, bacteria or feces, for example. When you walk inside your house, any or all of that could be on the bottom of your shoes, so it’s best to take them off when you get inside. It’ll help keep your air cleaner — not to mention your floors.

脱掉你的鞋子。外面的泥土可能携带一些非常恶心的东西:例如杀虫剂、花粉、真菌、细菌或粪便。当你走进你的房子,任何或所有的东西都可能在你的鞋底,所以当你进去的时候最好把它们脱掉。这将有助于保持你的空气更清洁,更不用说你的地板了。

4. Keep your pets groomed. Pet dander — your pets' skin cells — is found nearly everywhere in a home with pets. Even more than pet fur, dander can cause you to develop asthma-like symptoms or exacerbate your asthma if it already exists. If you have a pet, be sure to keep dander to a minimum by cleaning them regularly, brushing them outdoors if you can and vacuuming floors and furnishings regularly with a HEPA filter.

让你的宠物保持整洁。宠物皮屑——你宠物的皮肤细胞——在养宠物的家里随处可见。皮屑甚至比宠物皮毛更能导致你出现类似哮喘的症状,如果已经存在的话,还会加重你的哮喘。如果你有宠物,一定要把皮屑控制在最小限度,定期清洗它们,如果可能的话在户外刷洗,定期用高效空气过滤器吸尘地板和家具。

5. Clean with nontoxic chemicals. Many store-bought household cleaners contain toxic chemicals that can cause eye, nose, throat and lung irritation. If you’re going to use these, at least open windows while you do. But as a greener option, consider making your own household cleaners using ingredients such as vinegar, baking soda, citrus juice or essential oils. Here are a few green cleaner recipes to get you started.

用无毒化学品清洗。许多商店购买的家用清洁剂含有有毒化学物质,可导致眼睛、鼻子、喉咙和肺部发炎。如果你要使用这些,至少在你使用的时候打开窗户。但是作为一种更环保的选择,可以考虑使用醋、小苏打、柑橘汁或精油等原料自制家用清洁剂。这里有一些绿色清洁食谱让你开始。

6. Use an air purifier. Air purifiers can be an effective way to reduce harmful particles in the air. If your child has asthma, it may be worthwhile to have one in his room. Find out which one is right for you using the EPA’s guide.

使用空气净化器。空气净化器可以有效地减少空气中的有害颗粒。如果你的孩子有哮喘,在他的房间里做一个可能是值得的。使用环境保护局的指南,找出哪一个是适合你的。


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