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IT'S OFFICIAL - CARPET IS THE HEALTHY FLOORING OPTION The Carpet Foundation today, 13th April 2006, welcomed the findings of a study conducted independently of the carpet industry that proved conclusively that the indoor air in a carpeted room was of much better quality than that in rooms with smooth floors. This flies in the face of the so called advice given to asthma sufferers to 'rip up carpets'. The study, which used advanced dust collection and measurement techniques, was undertaken by the Germany asthma and allergy federation (DAAB) and the German society for environment and indoor analysis. It looked at the content of fine dust particles in the air over smooth floors in 186 rooms and over carpet in 104 rooms. The findings showed that the indoor air in a carpeted room contained less than half the amount of fine particulate dust than in rooms with smooth floors. Indeed, the dust level over a smooth floor at 62.9 micrograms per cubic metre was found to be higher than the recommended European Standard. The findings come on the back of other recent independent research which has supported the industry's claims that carpet is the healthy flooring option. Both a Pan European study and one conducted in New Jersey independently showed that people with carpeted bedrooms required less medication for respiratory problems than others. They also revealed that absenteeism levels were lower for children with carpeted bedrooms. David Whitefoot, Carpet Foundation Technical Director, said: "While I am delighted at the outcome, I am not surprised. We have always maintained that carpet acts as a sink and traps allergens until they are removed by routine vacuum cleaning. It is pleasing to note that carpet seems to be moving off the health agenda and scaremongering is a thing of the past. We have invested a lot of time and effort at the Carpet Foundation in the last four years combating the anti-carpet propaganda, much of which was based on unsound science. Now, independent scientific research, using the latest equipment, has vindicated what we have said all along. It is not surprising that carpet is now firmly back on the consumer's agenda!" - ENDS - For further information, please contact:
Rupert Anton Tel: 01562 755 568
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