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Covid-19 and air purification
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus that has caused a global epidemic. According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “the virus that causes COVID-19 is believed to be spread mainly from person to person, through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks” (CDC, 2020). Since viruses like COVID-19 are mainly spread among humans through droplets... -
Why Air Quality Is Important?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issues daily air quality forecast guidance as part of a national Air Quality Forecasting Capability. Air quality has improved significantly since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970; however, there are still many areas of the country where the public is exposed to unhealthy levels of air... -
Temtop Air Quality Monitor for Schools
Air pollution poses a major threat to health around the world. The combined effects of ambient outdoors and indoors causes many health problems every year such as premature death, increase mortality from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. Moreover, health issues caused by air pollution can affect not only in grown-ups, but also the young. However, children do not have...