Indoor Air Quality

Cockroaches Release Allergens and Endotoxins That Trigger Asthma in Your Home
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Cockroaches Release Allergens and Endotoxins That Trigger Asthma in Your Home

You keep your home clean, vacuum regularly, and wipe down surfaces. Yet something invisible multiplies in your indoor air, triggering respiratory problems you cannot explain. Your children wheeze more at night. Asthma attacks happen more often inside your house than anywhere else. Allergies flare up without obvious causes. Scientists at North Carolina State University just…

Hidden Cockroach Allergens Secretly Contaminate Indoor Air
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Hidden Cockroach Allergens Secretly Contaminate Indoor Air

Cockroaches living in your home release two dangerous substances that poison indoor air and trigger asthma attacks. North Carolina State University researchers discovered that roach infestations fill homes with allergens and bacterial toxins called endotoxins. Female cockroaches excrete 2,900 endotoxin units per milligram of feces, roughly twice what males produce. Infested homes showed dramatically higher…