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How to clean the air from wildfire smoke

How to clean the air from harmful wildfire smoke

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Mitigate against wildfire smoke with N95 respirators, HEPA or MERV13 air filters, and tracking air quality near you.

Personal Air Filters

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Sometimes we need to bring our own air filters. #BYOHEPA These portable solutions will not clean entire spaces well enough to drop other precautions like masking. The physics of air movement make it difficult to recommend reliance on a personal… Read More »Personal Air Filters

COVID safety at the dentist / orthodontist

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We know that wearing a good N95 respirator is a great way to significantly reduce risk of catching airborne viruses like SARS CoV2 / COVID. However, some situations necessitate mask removal for care. How can we reduce our risk at… Read More »COVID safety at the dentist / orthodontist

Indoor Air Quality Fact Sheet Series

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The Center for Green Schools at U.S. Green Building Council has released a unique series of fact sheets about indoor air quality (IAQ), designed to help people without a technical background understand some of the more complicated details.

Someone in my home has COVID. How do we isolate safely?

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When someone in your household needs to quarantine at home, you want them to be isolated from others as much as possible. Remember that the virus transmits predominantly through the air, so sanitizing surfaces is not enough.

Air filters work – EPA, CDC, OSHA, ASHRAE, and more agree.

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We know that HEPA and MERV13 filters work to remove airborne virus particles. Read all about it from the EPA, CDC, OSHA, and ASHRAE.

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Portable Air Cleaner (HEPA filter) buying guide

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Choose only air cleaners that have mechanical filtration ( particulate filter media) with MERV 13 or higher or HEPA designation. Watch out for ionizers that can produce hazardous ozone. How to choose? There is help!

Schools

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COVID safety in schools: A growing collection of resources.

Webinar - Delta concerns of U.S. School reopenings and reducing airborne transmission

Expert forum: #DeltaSchoolsAirborne

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A comprehensive crash course in COVID school safety!

Session 1: How is COVID-19 transmitted and how can we protect kids, teachers, staff, families? Dr. Kimberly Prather, Dr. Denise Dewald, Dr. Linsey Marr, Dr. Richard Corsi, David Elfstrom, Dr. Dustin Poppendieck, Jim Rosenthal, Dr. Robert “Chip” T. Schooley, Dr. Howard Taras, Ian Ricksecker

Lunch safety

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Kids can wear the most protective masks to school, but when it comes to lunch time, and the masks come off, how do you keep kids safe?

#EatOutside and more recommendations.