LET’S CLEAN HOUSE.IT’S TIME FOR A FALL CLEANING.
you already know that a good spring cleaning can help lessen your allergy exposure. But did you know it’s just as important to do a fall cleaning? Indoor allergens, including dust mites and mold, can thrive in your home during the humid summer months.1 So let’s get cleaning! Here are a few tips on how to reduce allergens in your home this fall.
Vacuum from the top down. Using a vacuum with a HEPA filter, start with your ceiling and get all of the cobwebs that accumulate in corners and around light fixtures and ceiling fans.2 If you have window drapes, carefully give them the once over. Work your way down and get the dust bunnies that hide under furniture. Next, remove the cushions on couches and chairs and vacuum all of their sides. Turn your mattresses and do the same.
Sources :
1. Fall Allergies. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12, 2015, fromhttps://www.edisonnj.org/town_hall/administrative_departments/health_department/docs/Fall_Allergies.PDF
2. Clean Ideas: Fall Cleaning. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12, 2015, fromhttps://www.cleaninginstitute.org/clean_living/clean_ideas_fall_cleaning.aspx
3. Indoor Air Quality and Allergies. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12, 2015, from https://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=9&sub=18&cont=233
4. Dust Allergy. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12, 2015, from https://acaai.org/allergies/types/dust-allergy
5. Allergy-proof your home. (n.d.). Retrieved August 12, 2015, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/allergies/in-depth/allergy/art-20049365