WINDOX: Inhale the Future

Abstract

A shortage of oxygen in your blood can translate into low oxygen in your tissues when enough blood is not being carried to your tissues to meet the body's quota. Confined spaces are known to be linked with low environmental oxygen and/or the accumulation of toxic gases. Atmospheres that have an increased amount of carbon dioxide in combination with low oxygen can cause death suddenly. Scenarios such as these include closed atmospheres where oxygen is used up and carbon dioxide builds up. People can die suddenly in environments with abnormal composition. Supposedly about 60 per cent of our required air circulation came from areas we didn't know about; but in highly efficient, airtight homes, reliance on incidental air leakage through leaky walls and windows no longer provides a safety net. So, what is the importance of ventilation? Well, poor ventilation can have serious consequences. Worse again, high levels of relative humidity affect the concentration of volatile organic compounds in the home and prolonged exposure to these compound leads to terrible health conditions such as eczema, nervous system damage and cancer. So we do need ventilation, and good ventilation. Better air quality means a healthier environment.