subject: Voc Removal For The Home Or Office [print this page] Odds are, if you live in a house or work in an office, you have been exposed to VOCs or Volatile Organic Compounds. Since that pretty much describes all of us, we can all say that we have been exposed to VOCs. Volatile organics are not a good thing, at least not for the human body and especially not for your liver because the liver is the workhorse that has to remediate any and all foreign toxins that enter into your bloodstream.
So, where to VOCs come from. Probably a shorter answer would be where do VOCs not come from. Practically, all materials and items made from chemicals release VOCs into your home or office. For example, if you live or work in a home or office that was newly constructed, you are probably still enjoying that new construction smell. Unfortunately, that means you are breathing acetaldehyde, a common carcinogen found in caulk used to seal tubs, showers, windows and the like. Ever smelled new tires on your car? Smell great don't they. Not so fast, fresh tire rubber is made from 1,3-butadiene, a nasty little carcinogen and fresh tires outgas 1,3-butadiene. Like the smell of a new plastic shower curtain? Not so fast, some of these outgas vinyl chloride, a common carcinogenic monomer used in the chemical industry used to make PVC based plastics. Like that new carpet smell? Any idea what you printer emits every time you print a page? Love that new car smell? We'll stop there.
These are just a few of the common modern materials that we breathe in daily, causing our liver to work overtime. Unless you are handling these directly, odds are you are not getting exposure through absorbtion or ingestion but through respiration. Respiration is the fastest and most direct route to your bloodstream which essentially puts it in every part of your body within 120 seconds. New smells always smell great but the bottom line is they need to be reduced or eliminated. How can this be done? By using air purifiers.
Check out the air purifiers in the resource box below. You will find some great choices recommended by air quality chemists that can clean up the air in your home or office.
