Scientific Study Concludes Maid Brigade Improves Air Quality in Homes
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ATLANTA – A recent scientific field study concluded that Maid Brigade’s
Green Clean Certified™ system removed three times more particulate
matter in the home than leading competitors. Additionally, the vacuums
used by Maid Brigade, a national residential cleaning company, remove
99.9 percent of particles in the air that cause the most concern for
triggering asthma and allergic reactions.
Maid Brigade commissioned QUEST Environmental, an environmental
consulting company specializing in indoor air quality and the
assessment of environmental management systems, to conduct the field
study to assess the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the
company’s Green Clean Certified™ system . QUEST also conducted an emissions testing study to compare Maid Brigade’s cleaning practices to three leading competitors.
“Our results concluded that Maid Brigade’s Green Clean Certified™ SOPs
are designed in accordance with internationally recognized management
systems, and the company has sufficient documentation of training and
implementation programs to verify its certification system,” said
Robert Woellner, Senior Scientist, QUEST. “By standardizing cleaning
procedures, Maid Brigade is more able to control the consistency and quality of its cleaning services.”
The results further concluded that the Green Clean Certified™ system
minimized chemical and particulate emissions associated with cleaning
practices, effectively removing particulate matter that can trigger
asthma and other respiratory conditions.
“We commissioned this study because we wanted to be 100 percent sure
that our cleaning system improved indoor air quality,” Howard Purdy,
Maid Brigade VP of Operations, said. “We can now tell our customers
with total confidence that when we leave their home, it’s not only
cleaner, but it’s also healthier.”
Health effects of indoor air pollution
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than the air outside.
The pollution can be caused by a number of sources – gas stoves,
building materials and furniture, carpet, household cleaning products,
dust, air fresheners or pesticides. These sources release liquid, gas
or minuscule solid particles into the air where they can remain for
extended periods of time. The particles can trigger asthma and other
respiratory conditions because of the irritant effect these substances
have on the lungs. Particulate matter (PM) is described by the EPA as a
“mixture of mixtures” that varies in size. PM measuring less than 2.5
microns is of most concern because it’s small enough to become lodged
in the lungs.
“It is ironic that cleaning products can actually make the air
dirtier,” said Green Living expert Annie Bond. “In fact, new research
points out that when many cleaning chemicals combine with ground level
ozone, pollutants of even more serious health concern are produced than
from the cleaning chemicals themselves, including ultrafine pollutant
particles that harm the lungs.”
Research indicates that on average, people spend about 90 percent of
their time indoors. So, the air inside can actually affect their health
more than the air outside. The American Lung Association found that
short-term increases (spanning from hours to days) in pollution caused
by PM have been linked to an increased number of heart attacks,
especially among the elderly, and increased emergency room visits for
patients suffering from acute respiratory ailments. The severity of
asthma attacks and hospitalization among children also increased.
Year-round exposure to the pollution was linked to more severe health
complications, including slowed lung function growth in children and
teenagers, significant damage to the small airways of the lungs, and
increased risk of death from lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Maid Brigade offers green residential cleanings that eliminate the use
of harsh, toxic chemicals that can cause pollution in the home. Maid
Brigade’s Green Clean Certified™ system is the only one using green
solutions that are certified by Green Seal, an independent non-profit
organization devoted to environmental standard setting, for a safe and
thorough cleaning.
“One of the best parts of Maid Brigade’s service is that unhealthy
toxic pollution isn’t introduced into the home with the cleaners to
begin with,” Bond said. “They use smart and thoughtful cleaning
routines that result in indoor air that is three times cleaner of
particulate matter than the air in the homes of leading competitors.”
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