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in focus: infant | health & safety
Don’t just clean the house,
clean your air too
mother,bbaabbyy&&cchhiilldd AApprriill 22001111 I n recent years, air quality pollen in the air, a good air purifier Airfree® BabyAir
has caught the headlines. can help anyone who suffers from costs Dhs 1,499
Yet how many of us actually asthma as well as reducing and in and is available at:
give a second thought about some cases eliminating breathing- DubaiBabies.com,
the quality of the air that we related allergies, especially in AbudhabiBabies.com,
breathe. When you consider that sensitive children. the GreenEcostore.com,
the average person will inhale and selected locations
and exhale approximately 8640 What about babies and pregnant of BabyShop, Bin Sina
litres of air per day, it’s worth women, how can air purifiers Pharmacy, Panacea
thinking about the quality of the benefit them? Pharmacy, Dubai Herbal
air that we breathe. This month, Babies and Children are more & Treatment Centre,
Mother, Baby and Child talks to vulnerable to everyday risks such American Hospital, The
Mihir Patel, C.E.O. of Amancorp as bacteria and viruses than adults. ENT Clinic – DHCC, and
Ltd., the regional distributors of Clean air and the development SaniService. Coming
Airfree® Air Purifiers to find out of a baby’s immune system are soon to Boots The
more about air purifiers, how they inextricably linked. Research shows Pharmacy, Supercare
clean the air, how they work and that environmental factors such Pharmacy, Good Health
the health benefits of having one as airborne allergens can affect a Nutrition, and Galleries
in your home. baby’s health even in its mother’s Lafayette.
womb. In addition, a leading
What is an air purifier and what European study has demonstrated For further information
does it do? the link between exposure or to order directly with
An air purifier is a device to particulate matter during free delivery, please call
that reduces and removes pregnancy and low birth weight. 800 AIRFREE (247 3733).
contaminants from the air. Our air Airfree® are supporting
purifier, Airfree®, cleans the air Can air purifiers help prevent the 2nd Middle East -
in a room and removes airborne the onset of asthma and Asia Allergy Asthma
allergens by first incinerating them allergies? Immunology Congress
and then returning the air back Yes. Research shows that babies 2011 (MEAAAIC), from
to the room without affecting under the age of 12 months, 28th to 30th April at
ambient room temperature. who are exposed to dust mite the Grand Hyatt Hotel,
allergens, have a higher chance of Dubai
What are the health benefits of developing asthma. By using an
using an air purifier? air purifier it can help to reduce
In the UAE, it is estimated that allergy triggers and prevent the
40 percent of children and one onset of asthma and allergies.
third of adults suffer from Allergic
Rhinitis. This is the generic medical How cost-effective are Airfree®
term for a collection of symptoms, Air Purifiers?
mostly in the nose and eyes, Airfree® products have zero
which occurs when you breathe maintenance, require nothing to
in something you are allergic to, be replaced, and have a very low
such as mould, dander, or pollen. electricity consumption, costing
By removing mould, dander and less than Dhs 6 per month.
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