Scientists: dry laundry in the house is dangerous to health!

Judging by how popular domestic tumble dryer, the method garment care prefer to millions of people around the world. But Scottish researchers from the University of Glasgow found that hanging the laundry after washing directly into the apartment dangerous - it can seriously damage the health of the household.

According to the researchers, drying clothes indoors is a factor in the deterioration of health of people, especially prone to allergies and asthma. To this conclusion came specialists after they were made measurements of the microclimate in 100 residential areas. This experiment was carried out in the winter of 2011, then all the figures obtained were thoroughly analyzed.

As it turned out, in the winter time, two-thirds of the families prefer to wash things dry indoors near a heat source such as a radiator. Meanwhile, this popular method of drying dramatically increases the humidity in the house, which was increased by 15-30%. Such a significant increase in the mass of moist air as seen by Scottish researchers may provoke a serious deterioration of health of people in the apartment. In these circumstances, it begins active growth of dust mites and molds, which affects the health of people with allergies, asthmatics and people with weak immune systems. The worse the ventilation in the dwelling, the higher the risk of exacerbation, scientists warn.

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