Dust Mites are the #1 Indoor Allergen

Dust Mites are parasites that live in your carpeting, bedding and furniture. They are tiny - you can’t see them. Their droppings are even smaller, and float in the air. These droppings are the number one thing people with asthma and allergies react indoors to.

What you need to know about dust mites is that they don’t drink water, but instead absorb water out of the air. When the relative humidity is more than 50%, dust mites thrive. When the relative humidity goes down below 50% they dry up and die (however, they leave their larvae behind to hatch when it gets damp again). Of course when they die, they stop producing. So the best way to combat dust mites is to dry up your wet basement and then keep the relative humidity down below 50%.

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