{"id":1203,"date":"2014-01-16T14:15:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=1203"},"modified":"2014-01-16T14:16:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:16:28","slug":"how-does-air-pollution-enter-the-body","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/?avada_faq=how-does-air-pollution-enter-the-body","title":{"rendered":"How does air pollution enter the body?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your body has a natural cleaning and repair system that helps keep larger particles from hurting your lungs. There is a thin layer of sticky mucous and thousands of tiny hairs (cilia) lining the insides of the breathing tubes in your lungs. If you breathe in germs or particles, the mucous traps the little bits of dirt, and the cilia move together like a wave to push the dirt-filled mucous out of your lungs. Then you cough, spit up, or swallow the mucous, and the dirt is out of your lungs.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with some air pollution is that particles are too tiny to be trapped and cleaned out by your mucous and cilia. The tiny pollution particles drift all the way to the tips of your lungs (alveoli) and can cause permanent lung damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indoor air contaminants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>), tobacco smoke, perfume, body odours &#8212; from building occupants.<\/li>\n<li>Dust, fibreglass, asbestos, gases, including formaldehyde &#8212; from building materials.<\/li>\n<li>Toxic vapours, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) &#8212; from workplace cleansers, solvents, pesticides, disinfectants, glues.<\/li>\n<li>Gases, vapours, odours &#8212; off-gas emissions from furniture, carpets, and paints.<\/li>\n<li>Dust mites &#8212; from carpets, fabric, foam chair cushions.<\/li>\n<li>Microbial contaminants, fungi, moulds, bacteria, &#8212; from damp areas, stagnant water and condensate pans.<\/li>\n<li>Ozone &#8212; from photocopiers, electric motors, electrostatic air cleaners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dryness and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and skin,<\/li>\n<li>headache,<\/li>\n<li>fatigue,<\/li>\n<li>shortness of breath,<\/li>\n<li>hypersensitivity and allergies,<\/li>\n<li>sinus congestion,<\/li>\n<li>coughing and sneezing,<\/li>\n<li>dizziness, and\/or<\/li>\n<li>nausea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[62],"class_list":["post-1203","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-air-pollution"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/1203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffaq_category&post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}