provided by:http://www.deadlinenews.com/Forget duct cleaning as regular maintenance. What the duct? Experts say only clear ducts of vermin infestations; clogging levels of dust or debris and substantial amounts of mold.
by Broderick Perkins
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Deadline Newsroom - Here's one less thing you have to regularly clean -- ducts.
There's growing evidence duct cleaning may be a solution in search of a problem rather than cure for what ails the air in your home.
Consumer Checkbook (subscribers only) research released this year says the dust you see in your ventilation ducts pretty much stays where it is. It likely won't become airborne unless disturbed -- say by duct cleaning. Under most circumstances duct dust is inert and harmless.
Federal and private health officials back up Checkbook -- an independent operation that rates services much like Consumer Reports rates goods -- and stop short of recommending against duct cleaning, but they also do not endorse the work as routine maintenance.
"Should You Have Your Air Ducts Cleaned?" the latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency information on the subject says succinctly, "Duct cleaning has never been shown to actually prevent health problems. Neither do studies conclusively demonstrate that particle (e.g. dust) levels in homes increase because of dirty air ducts. This is because much of the dirt in air ducts adheres to duct surfaces and does not necessarily enter the living space." ...
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