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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 million Americans suffer from various types of allergies every year. What are they? Allergies are reactions to invasive substances entering the body and exist in many forms. Airborne substances like pollen, mold spores, animal dander and dust can…
According to the World Health Organisation, in 2022, 99% of the world’s population is breathing polluted air. It’s not a new issue, either: air pollution and its health effects have been on humanity’s radar for thousands of years. But while the phrase ‘air pollution’ might conjure up images of thick…
When I first wrote up this research paper, there was general agreement that it was correct that houseplants plants in the home can help to clean the air. But since that publication, several public responses from prominent scientists have rejected the idea, including on Atlantic.com. Therefore, we share this list…
Every day, the average adult inhales approximately 11,000 liters of air. While getting outside and breathing in fresh air has numerous health benefits, the reality is that not all air is good for you. Airborne pollutants are one of the greatest sources of toxic exposure known to humankind and have…
We are an image culture – so what happens when our visual field is littered with billboards, cables, building sites, and actual litter? It’s called visual pollution, and yes, it looks bad. But it also leads to anxiety, fatigue, and depression. Our brains process images at an astonishing pace: bombarding…
We’ve all had those days where our skin is not looking its best, despite doing all the right things to keep it happy and healthy. Lots of things can affect our skin from the inside out, like hormonal changes and health conditions, but if you’re having trouble with your skin,…
From melting ice caps in Antarctica and Greenland to severe droughts, which have doubled the number of wildfires in the western United States between 1984 and 2015 - climate change anxiety is rising, and so is the willingness to act on it. However, climate change concerns more than just global…
Throughout history, man has become an increasingly indoor animal. According to the EPA, the average American now spends 90% of his time indoors, breathing in a stew of airborne pollutants that scientists and the public know relatively little about. While shelters are designed to keep environmental hazards out, indoor spaces…
For a moment, every neighborhood radiated the glamor of a picture postcard landmark. When the first 2020 lockdown struck, a temporary bonus was the drop in air pollution. The view through our windows seemed freshly polished. Tourist attractions shone with an intensity unseen for decades. Environmentalists keenly told us that…
Cigarettes are killing our planet. We smoke 4.5 trillion cigarettes every year – enough to reach Saturn and back. But we don’t send the butts to Saturn. We crush them under our shoes. To better understand the scale of the issue, HouseFresh crunched the numbers to visualize the human-made structures…
It’s the romance of the century: the houseplant has wrapped its tendrils around humanity’s heart, and it won’t let go. The millennials started the affair. Filling their rental properties with greenery. Taking ‘shelfies’ to supplement their Instagram selfies. Then, annual gardening revenue in the US grew by 4.62% in 2018,…
Take a deep breath – if you didn’t break out in a fit of coughing, you’re one of the more fortunate ones. The air we breathe is often taken for granted but air pollution rates have risen over the years as the inevitable consequence of globalization. 7 million people die…