Drying Clothes inside the house caused health problems

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Some families do not have a large yard for drying and drying clothes, usually provides a laundry room in the house with a transparent roof. But this turned out to be bad for your health, especially if you have asthma and allergies.

When the rainy season, has a laundry room probably helps a lot because you do not have to bother to lift clothesline when it rains. But the laundry room is known to increase the humidity in the home by 15 percent on a typical day and will increase to 30 percent when you are drying clothes.

A study conducted by the Mackintosh School of Architecture found that most homes with high humidity, usually has a laundry room. According to the researchers, the rooms were damp can cause health problems, especially for people who are prone to fever, asthma, allergic to dust and other allergens.

High levels of humidity can cause the growth of dust mites and the risk of increasing the number of mold spores. This would cause a decrease in air quality in the home-bound with asthma and other allergic conditions.

Polluted air mold spores can cause infection, which usually affects people with weakened immune systems. Mold spores in the air can also cause allergic reactions, particularly asthma.

High humidity can cause health problems including symptoms of coughing, eye fatigue, throat irritation, headaches, skin irritation or nausea.

A study of 100 homes in the rainy season in 2011, showed that about 87 percent of the family wash and dry clothes in the laundry room and some use heat sources such as radiators, instead of sunlight.

The study was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the first to examine the impact of passive drying clothes made in the house, as quoted by the Daily Mail, Tuesday (06/11/2012).

Source:  Daily Mail