{"id":466560,"date":"2026-02-10T20:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466560\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:42:08","slug":"how-clean-air-scientists-purify-their-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466560\/","title":{"rendered":"How clean-air scientists purify their homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It\u2019s a good idea to open the window after the candles are blown out; combustion particles contain carcinogenic compounds. I\u2019m not saying you\u2019re going to get sick if you burn candles, but why not avoid it when we know some of those compounds are not good for you?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Levy: Everybody\u2019s lifestyle is different. It\u2019s a question of: what do you need to do versus what do you like to do?\u00a0What things could you eliminate without great harm? If you don\u2019t have a need to burn incense in an indoor space, you don\u2019t need to do it, but if it\u2019s something that\u2019s important for your lifestyle or traditions, do it for a shorter amount of time and make sure you have ventilation and filtration running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ferrari: What are manageable changes concerned readers could make to their homes?<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bek\u00f6: What\u2019s really important, and not appreciated enough, is ventilation. Opening windows regularly, even in the winter months, at least several times a day for five to ten minutes is beneficial. It might be drafty, but it\u2019s a balance between comfort and health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Filters should be regularly changed and maintained, and ventilation ducts and systems should also be maintained properly to avoid pollution buildup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a good idea to open the window after the candles are blown out; combustion particles contain carcinogenic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-466560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}