| Show W NOW HOW HUMIDITY AFFECTS COMFORT Tf OJ i J You may be risking the health and comfort of your family and yourself without even knowing it if IC your home is loo too dry I According to the American American American Amer Amer- ican Society of Heating Refrigeration Re Re- Refrigeration and Air Condi Condi- tinning Engineers the comforts of home are more so when the relative humidity Indoors is between 30 and 60 percent An st study dy that higher humidity deserves deserves deserves de de- de- de serves serves a warm welcome They discovered that when the degree of d dampness in a cool ool room is raised people begin to feel Cell warmer immediately Low levels of humidity not only leave you out in inthe inthe inthe the cold they can also contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute to giving you a cold Medical opinion attributes the increased incidence of oC respiratory ry complaints in winter to low indoor hum hum- Dry air absorbs moisture moisture mois mois- ture Lure from Crom every everything hing it en en- counters including the membranes membranes mem- mem branes of the nose nose and throat It makes makes' the skin feel itchy and flaky too In addition relative humIdity humidity humidity hum hum- has been shown to have a significant effect on on airborne Infections At 50 60 percent relative humidity the greatest number of germs germs' are destroyed and Influenza viruses lose much of oC their virulence This may come as shock to some but more moisture in the air also mEans means fewer static shocks when walkIng walkIng walkIng walk- walk Ing on carpets or or handling paper and fabrics A humid humidity ity percentage of at least 45 is needed to keep the sparks from flying from most things and wool and some synthetics should be wetter still Fortunately you c can can n pu put pud a damper on all these problems problems lems with a humidifier from Crom Westinghouse and nd so keep from Crom feeling high and dry |
