Healthy house 5 carpet facts

Do you know how much dirt and grime resides in your carpet? Anyone with indoor allergies would know....

1.The Norwalk virus or Norovirus (the virus that causes the stomach flu) can survive on an uncleaned carpet for a month or more.

2.Microbiologists have identified air blown from a running vacuum cleaner as one of the five places in the home that has the highest numbers of germs. Other places include dish sponges, washing machines, bathroom toilets during a flush, and kitchen trash cans.

3.A person sheds about 1.5 million skin flakes an hour, most of which becomes embedded in our carpets.

4.Studies at Anderson Labs, international experts report that mice have dropped dead after breathing some new carpet fumes.

5.Each year, several pounds of soil can accumulate in and under a carpet.

Nuff said ripping up carpet today :)