Royale Atmos - Additional Information

Clean air is a basic requirement of life. While we all hear about outdoor air pollution, indoor air quality is an area that is gaining increasing focus. Some pollutants and hazardous substances are emitted from buildings, construction materials and indoor equipment. Indoor air pollution is a degradation of air quality through these emissions.

Indoor air quality and indoor air pollution is important, because people spend a substantial portion of their time indoors. In some cases, indoor air can be up to 10 times more polluted than outdoor air.

The concept of indoor air quality is, hence, gaining increasing prominence from global health organisations.

Sources

1.    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4215499/  (Indian Journal of Community Medicine)

2.    http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/128169/e94535.pdf  (WHO – World Health Organisation-  guidelines on Indoor Air Quality)

3.    http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/indoor-air-quality-causes-of-testing-and-monitoring-indoor-air-pollution.html      

Formaldehyde is an industrial chemical used to make different types of products, including home furnishings, household cleaners, textiles, etc. Many the sources of formaldehyde, such as composite wooden products (including MDF/Plywood/laminates), adhesives, carpets, etc., can be found indoors. Hence, the levels of Formaldehyde indoors can be up to 100 times higher than those found outdoors, making it an indoor air pollutant. The United States has gone to the extent of having regulations on the permissible formaldehyde emission limits for composite wooden products. In a Chinese study of 410 newly remodeled homes, 85% were found to have formaldehyde levels greater than the OEHHA guidelines (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment)

Exposure to formaldehyde can cause adverse health effects. It can affect your health even in low concentrations, like 1 part per million. Formaldehyde can cause irritation of the skin, eyes, nose and throat. High levels of exposure may also cause respiratory disorders.

Sources

1.    www.cpsc.gov/ (United States of America Consumer Product Safety Commission) https://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/121919/An-Update-On-Formaldehyde-725.pdf

2.    www.epa.gov   (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

https://www.epa.gov/formaldehyde/facts-about-formaldehyde#whatare

3.    http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0079553

4.    www.epa.gov   (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

https://www.epa.gov/formaldehyde/facts-about-formaldehyde#whatcontains

5.    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, USA

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=219&tid=39

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts111.pdf

Royale Atmos helps clean indoor air by neutralising formaldehyde, a harmful indoor air pollutant. It reacts with formaldehyde and breaks it down into harmless molecules.

Additionally, Royale Atmos also absorbs air irritants like nicotine, ammonia and hydrogen sulphid and other mal-odours, making the air fresher than before.

For more information on how we tested these products, please watch the following videos:

Royale Atmos has been certified in testing against formaldehyde. You can download the certificates to view it.