Clean For Health (Continued)

More disturbing facts about dust mites.

Did you know that...

Dust mites survive by eating our dead skin cells, which make up to 80% of household dust. They also live off water vapor, which we provide for them through perspiring and breathing approximately one pint per person per night.

A dust mite produces 20 fecal pellets per day that is 200 times its own body weight in feces during its short lifetime. With millions of dust mites living in one bed this means there are vast amounts of droppings there. These levels mean that virtually all dust mite sensitive people will experience problems as a direct result of the dust mites and these droppings in their mattress, pillow and other areas of the home.

Research shows that during one nights sleep most people toss and turn up to 60 or 70 times meaning the dust mite droppings are frequently expelled into the air from bedding.

Researchers have also discovered that the allergens can then stay in the air for as long as 2 hours. Once airborne, dried dust mite droppings are easily inhaled into our airways thus causing allergic reactions.

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