Proposed indoor air quality law does not address winter humidity reports fresh water advocate

Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) December 18, 2014

Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (RPA) indoor air quality regulations address pollution and ventilation but not indoor humidity, according to fresh water advocate and radio host Sharon Kleyne.* Indoor humidity is especially important in winter because low indoor humidity, as a result of artificially heated air, can magnify the effects of exposure to other indoor pollutants that build up in winter such as radon gas, carbon monoxide, mold spores, ambient bacteria and particulates such as wood smoke, dust and carbon soot.

The syndicated Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water radio show, hosted by fresh water advocate Sharon Kleyne, is heard weekly on VoiceAmerica and Apple iTunes. The show is sponsored by Bio Logic Aqua Research, a global research and technology center founded by Kleyne and specializing in fresh water, the atmosphere and dehydration. Natures Tears EyeMist is the Research Centers signature product for dry and dehydrated eyes.

Kleyne will discuss indoor air quality in winter on her Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water radio broadcast of December 22, 2014 (Live show or podcast: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2207/the-sharon-kleyne-hour).

Kleyne is neutral on the question of whether the EPA should regulate indoor air quality in private residences. She does believe that the public needs to become educated on the health hazards of indoor winter air, including the increased health risk that can result from low atmospheric water vapor content (humidity). Low humidity is far more common in winter than summer.

Cooler air, Kleyne explains, cannot hold as much water as warmer air. The difference in water vapor holding potential between air at 80 degrees (f) and air at zero degrees (f) is huge. As a result, artificially heated indoor air in winter tends to be quite dry, often with a relative humidity below 10%.

When the humidity is high, the body absorbs moisture from the air. When the humidity is low, water at or just below the bodys surface in the eyes, skin, mouth and lungs - evaporates into the air, eventually causing body surfaces, and the body interior, to become dehydrated. Dehydrated body surfaces have less resistance to viral, bacterial and mold spore invasion. Atmospheric humidity is also important to breathing and oxygen transfer in the lungs.

The human immune system, like all other body processes, says Kleyne, requires water to function ideally. When the body is dehydrated, the skins ability to defend is compromised and the internal immune system is also compromised.

The ideal room humidity at 70 degrees (f) is 40 to 60 percent, says Kleyne.

Wind from heating ducts increase the rate of body surface evaporation, according to Kleyne. When water evaporates out of the surface of the skin, Kleyne explains, it forms a thin protective layer of warm moist air around the body. Any kind of wind warm or cold can blow away the moisture layer, replacing it with less humid, colder air that increases evaporative pressure on the skin (and eye) surface.

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