Health Tips

Health Tip: Is Your Home Air Polluted?

(HealthDay News) -- The best place to ensure clean air is at home. And the first step is to make sure that you aren't making the air quality worse.

The Environmental Protection Agency says these factors can contribute to indoor air pollution:

• Poor ventilation
• High humidity and high temperatures
• Combustion sources, such as tobacco, kerosene, oil, wood, gas and coal
• Insulation that contains asbestos
• Some types of furniture made from compressed wood
• Damp or wet carpeting
• Fumes from household cleaning products
• Outdoor sources, such as pesticides, radon or air pollution.

link: http://news.yahoo.com/health-tip-home-air-polluted-110406132.html

Liquid air

New engine actually runs on 'liquid air'

(NaturalNews) Imagine that instead of having to pump fossil fuel-based gasoline into your boat or car, you could instead use "liquid air?" The London-based Dearman Engine Company (DEC) has reportedly developed a new engine technology that uses cryogenic air to power vehicle engines, and one of the best parts about it -- the technology produces no pollution.

Cooling air to a frigid minus 256 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 160 degrees Celsius) effectively turns it into a liquid that can be used as fuel. When this liquid is mixed with certain other fluids inside of an engine that heats it up and turns it back into a gas, the conversion creates high pressure levels that act as usable energy to drive the pistons and create usable energy.

"You inject a heat-exchange fluid, such as anti-freeze and water, into the head of the piston just before you inject liquid nitrogen. The result is that all the expansion takes place inside the cylinder," explained DEC's founder Toby Peters to Transport Engineer. "And because you've got this volume of heat exchange fluid, it is isothermal expansion -- so it keeps the temperature the same, which is far more efficient" (http://www.transportengineer.org.uk).

Cryogenic engine technology is not new, but the new design, which was birthed out of research conducted at Queen Mary University of London, is far more efficient and effective than earlier concepts. According to reports, a prototype engine has already been confirmed by independent analysis to successfully power a car at more than 30 miles per hour producing only cold air as exhaust.

According to Discovery News, the engine operates similarly to the common internal combustion engine, except it does not use spark plugs. And the cold air exhaust that results from the pushing out of the heat exchange fluid and air can be reused to cool the engine, or to cool, say, a refrigeration truck equipped with the technology.

"The work to date has delivered and validated a proof of concept engine, which produces positive power, and confirmed that there are a number of suitable applications," added Peters. "The next stage is engineering to optimize the sub-systems and produce a commercial demonstrator. Our work to date has confirmed there are currently no show-stoppers."

To learn more about DEC's liquid air engine technology, visit:
http://www.dearmanengine.com

Sources for this article include:

http://news.discovery.com/autos/engine-runs-liquid-air-120126.html

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034862_liquid_air_engine_power.html#ixzz1yRsjwJmN

Air purifier technology

New air purifier technology removes 99% of indoor allergens

(NaturalNews) A consumer version of the air purification technology used in hospitals, governmental agencies and other high-traffic buildings is now available to home and small-business owners.



Unlike many air purification systems that filter the air, the Guardian Air REME+ air purifier generates Ionized Hydro-Peroxides that neutralize impurities on contact, just like in nature.

"It's going to change the way people live in their homes," says Dr. Edward F. Group, an expert on green lifestyle and technology and innovative developer of organic and natural dietary supplements.

The whole-house air purification system is small enough to hold in your hand, has no moving parts, and installs into any central HVAC duct in minutes.

The invisible particles it silently generates are attracted to contaminants in the air and on surfaces. According to the company, independent testing has shown that the system reduces airborne bacteria by 97 percent, and reduces E. coli, Listeria, Streptococcus, and MRSA by 99 percent. The system can also control airborne mold, which led the US Military to adopt it for use in field hospitals. Inner inner city schools reported a 20 percent decrease in student absences following installation of the system.

"I have researched the majority of the air purification systems on the market," Group said, "and there's simply nothing else out there as advanced and affordable as the Guardian Air REME+ air purification system, every home and office in the world should have one."

12 Reasons the Global Healing Center says you should invest in a Guardian REME+ Air Purification System

1. It is a whole house air purification system, and can be installed directly into your existing air conditioning unit or home ventilation system.

2. Independent lab tests show that it kills off up to 99 percent of harmful bacteria, yeast, allergens, viruses and mold, both in the air and on surfaces.

3. Independent lab tests show that it gets rid of up to 85 percent of toxic gases and noxious smells.

4. It uses no chemicals. Cleansing comes from a light, water and oxygen-powered Phi Cell (short for Photohyrdoionization cell) to create naturally-occurring hydro-peroxides.

5. It leaves no residue upon cleaning.

6. Independent lab tests show that it reduces microbials on food surfaces by up to 99 percent. It also reduces E. coli, Listeria, Strep, MRSA, Avian Flu and Norwalk Virus by the same amount.

7. It is used in over one million businesses, residences and governmental agencies in the United States alone.

8. It is EPA, FDA and USDA approved.

9. It takes out the bad stuff, and leaves the good stuff, like cleansed oxygen and hydrogen.

10. It requires minimum maintenance, unlike other bulkier air filtration systems.

11. It requires no UV treatment or filtration for the toxins it sucks up, as it is proactive and uses oxygen to aggressively seek out and destroy pollutants at the source - in the air and on sources.

12. It is more cost effective than buying multiple air purification units for each room of your house or office.

Sources for this article include:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/advanced-air-purifier-reduces...
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/guardian-air-reme-a...

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032701_air_purifier_indoor_allergens.html#ixzz1yAU6pdZW