Shin Tsirrai Masu Tsabtace Iska *A Gaskiya* Suna Aiki?

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• Bayan Tatsuniya
• Shin Shuke-shuken Tsabtace Iska Suna Da** Wani * Tasiri?
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Tsakanin aikin tebur ɗin ku na 9 zuwa 5, sa'a ko makamancin haka kuna ciyar da famfo ƙarfe a wurin motsa jiki, da duk ƙarshen dare Netflix binges, ba abin mamaki bane cewa wataƙila kuna ciyar da kusan kashi 90 na lokacinku a gida. Factor a cikin barkewar cutar coronavirus da umarni na zama-a-gida na gaba, da kuma lokacin ƙarshe da kuka shiga cikin duniyar waje-koda kuwa don tafiya zuwa kantin kayan miya ne-wataƙila kwanaki uku da suka gabata.

Tare da duk wannan ƙarin lokacin da kuka yi amfani da shi a cikin ƙasƙantaccen mazauninku, ƙila kun tattara kuzari don canza shi zuwa sararin rayuwa mai lafiya, farawa da siyan tsire-tsire masu tsarkake iska. Bayan haka, yawan wasu gurɓatattun abubuwa na iya zama ninki biyu zuwa biyar a cikin gida fiye da yadda suke a waje, godiya ga kayan tsaftacewa, fenti, da kayan aikin gini da ake amfani da su a cikin ginin ku, a cewar Hukumar Kare Muhalli. Kuma waɗannan sinadarai masu canzawa (VOCs, aka iskar gas ɗin da ake fitarwa daga waɗannan kayayyakin gida da ƙari) na iya haifar da illa ga lafiya, gami da kumburin ido, hanci, da makogwaro; ciwon kai da tashin zuciya; da lalacewar hanta, da sauransu, ta EPA.

Amma wannan dabino na parlour yana zaune a kan windowsill ko shuka maciji a kan ƙarshen tebur kusa da shimfiɗar ku yana yin wani abu don taimakawa yanayin?

Abin baƙin ciki, ko da gidanka yana kama da nasa a shafin ganowa na Instagram, ba zai sami iska mai tsabta kamar iskar oxygen kai tsaye daga tanki ba. Michael Dixon, darektan Cibiyar Binciken Tsarin Tsarin Muhalli a Jami'ar Guelph da ke kudancin Ontario, Kanada, ya ce: “Ra’ayin da aka fi sani shi ne tsire-tsire suna tsabtace iska—ba sa yin hakan. "Shuke -shuke na cikin gida suna taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin ingancin yanayin sararin da suke ciki, kuma tabbas tasirin su ya fi girma saboda ingancin su kawai yana sa ku ji daɗi."

A zahiri, bita na 2019 na binciken 12 da aka buga akan tasirin tsire-tsire akan tasirin iska akan VOCs ya gano hakan. An buga a cikin Jaridar Kimiyyar Bayyanawa da Ciwon Mahalli, bita ya gano cewa musayar iska, ko ta hanyar buɗe tagogi ko amfani da tsarin iska, yana rage yawan VOCs da sauri fiye da tsirrai na iya fitar da su daga iska. Wannan yana nufin zaku buƙaci ko'ina daga tsirrai 100 zuwa 1,000 a kowane murabba'in murabba'in (kusan murabba'in murabba'in 10) na sararin bene don cire VOCs yadda yakamata kamar fasa buɗe falon falo. Idan kuna son zama a cikin gidan ku a zahiri, hakan ba mai yiwuwa bane.

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To ta yaya kuskuren da aka yi cewa ƴan tsirran tukwane za su mayar da gidan ku ya zama wani sabon iska mai iska a cikin teku? Duk abin ya fara ne a ƙarshen 1980 tare da masanin kimiyyar NASA Bill Wolverton, in ji Dixon, wanda ya haɗu da wani bincike na 2011 kan batun da aka buga a ciki. Cikakken Ilimin Halittu. Domin gano waɗanne tsirrai suka yi aiki mafi kyau don tace gurɓataccen gurɓataccen iska, Wolverton ya gwada dozin iri-iri na yau da kullun-kamar su gerbera daisy da dabino na bamboo-a cikin ikon su na cire guba na gida daga 30-inch ta 30-inch ɗakin rufe. , a cewar NASA. Bayan awanni 24, Wolverton ya gano cewa tsirrai sun yi nasarar cire kashi 10 zuwa 90 cikin ɗari na gurɓatattun abubuwa, gami da formaldehyde, benzene, da trichlorethylene, a cikin iska. (Mai dangantaka: Ingancin iska yana shafar aikin ku [da lafiyar ku] fiye da yadda kuke zato)

Matsalar binciken: Wolverton ya sanya tsire-tsire zuwa allurai na gurɓataccen abu sau 10 zuwa 100 fiye da yadda kuke so yawanci a cikin iska mara kyau na cikin gida, kuma an sanya su a cikin ƙananan ɗakuna, in ji Dixon. Domin samun tasiri iri ɗaya, Wolverton ya ƙididdige cewa kuna buƙatar samun tsire-tsire na gizo-gizo kusan 70 a cikin zamani, ingantaccen makamashi mai girman ƙafa 1800. Fassara: Sakamakon ba lallai ba ne ya shafi saitin duniya na ainihi kamar gidan kwana na tsakiya.

A wasu lokuta, matsayin Mahaifiyar Shukar ku na iya ma sa ingancin iskar ku ya yi muni. Ƙasar tukunya na iya zama tushen gurɓataccen iska a cikin yanayi, musamman idan kuka wuce ruwa ko amfani da taki da yawa, in ji Dixon. Ya kara da cewa kasa mai danshi fiye da kima na iya haifar da ci gaban kwayoyin halitta wadanda za su iya haifar da rashin lafiyan wasu mutane, kuma gishirin da ake amfani da shi wajen yawan amfani da taki na iya kaura zuwa cikin iska, in ji shi.

Shin Shuke-shuken Tsabtace Iska Suna Da** Wani * Tasiri?

Ka sake tunani ajin ilimin halittar makarantar sakandare, kuma za ku sami kyakkyawar fahimta game da abin da tsirrai masu tsabtace iska za su iya * a zahiri * yi: inauki carbon dioxide kuma ku ba da iskar oxygen ta hanyar photosynthesis, in ji Dixon. Tsire-tsire na cikin gida suna da hanyoyi na rayuwa (halayen sinadarai a cikin sel waɗanda ke ginawa da rushe ƙwayoyin cuta don tafiyar matakai na salula) don amfani da carbon dioxide, amma ba su da isassun waɗanda ke ɗauke da gurɓataccen gurɓataccen iska da aka samu a cikin iska mara kyau. yin tasiri mai mahimmanci, ya bayyana. (Akalla kula da lambun cikin gida zai ba ku sabbin kayan amfanin gona.)

Ko da a lokacin, tsirrai na cikin gida ba su tsabtace iska, injunan busar da CO2. Tunda yawancin wurare na cikin gida suna da ƙananan matakan haske, tsire-tsire yawanci suna aiki a lokacin da adadin numfashi (ɗaukar carbon dioxide da sakin oxygen da wasu CO2) daidai yake da na photosynthesis, in ji Dixon. A wannan lokacin, shuka yana ɗaukar adadin CO2 daga iska kamar yadda yake samarwa. A sakamakon haka, "tsammanin tsire -tsire masu tukwane kasancewa babban ɗan wasa a haɓaka ingancin yanayi na sararin samaniya yana da ƙanƙanta," in ji shi.

Amma halayen tsarkake iska na wasu tsire-tsire ba ƙaƙƙarfan yaudara ba ne. A wasu sosai takamaiman yanayi, VOCs na iya aiki azaman abinci ga al'ummomin ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta (sake: ƙwayoyin cuta da fungi) a cikin tushen tushen shuka, ƙirƙirar "biofilter" wanda ke rage gurɓataccen iska a cikin iska. Koyaya, wannan ba wani abu bane da zaku iya cimma tare da shuka pothos, in ji Dixon. Don masu farawa, an tsara waɗannan masu tace shuke -shuken don rufe bango gaba ɗaya kuma ya kai hawa uku zuwa huɗu.

Wadannan manya-manyan ganuwar da ke cike da tsire-tsire suna da rarrafe kuma suna da ruwa da ke yawo ta cikin su don ƙirƙirar yanayi mafi kyau ga ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta don rayuwa cikin farin ciki, wanda aka sani da biofilm. Magoya baya a cikin tsarin suna fitar da iskar ɗakin ta cikin ƙasa, kuma kowane VOCs ya narke cikin fim ɗin biofilm, in ji Dixon. Lokacin da tsire-tsire suka yi photosynthesis kuma suna zubar da carbohydrates zuwa tushen, ƙananan ƙananan al'ummomin da ke zaune a cikin biofilm suna kawar da shi - tare da duk wani gurɓataccen abu da aka tsotse a ciki, in ji shi. Dixon ya ce: "Ayyukan da ba su da ƙarfi da muke haɗawa da iska mara kyau na cikin gida wani nau'in abun ciye-ciye ne [ga ƙwayoyin cuta]," in ji Dixon. "[VOCs] ba su da isasshen maida hankali don ci gaba da kiyaye yawan ƙwayoyin cuta - don haka tsire-tsire suna yin hakan [ta hanyar photosynthesis]."

Ƙoƙarin DIY naku biofilter a cikin tukunyar tukunya yana da "matuƙar wahala," saboda ƙananan matakan haske da ake samu a cikin gidaje, in ji Dixon. Ba a ma maganar ba, suna da matukar rikitarwa don kulawa kuma ba a samun su don amfanin gida tukuna. Amma ba ku da cikakken SOL idan kuna son tsaftace iska na cikin gida: "A zahiri, kawai buɗe taga, wanda zai haɓaka musayar gas tare da waje," in ji shi. (Kuma idan gidan ku yana da ƙarfi sosai, kunna ɗaya daga cikin manyan na'urorin dehumidifiers.)

Kuma yayin da injin ku na tsarkake iska ba zai iya yin aikin da kuke fatan zai yi ba, aƙalla kasancewa a kusa da ciyayi na iya taimaka muku samun ƙwararru da rage matakan damuwa, bisa ga bincike daga Jami'ar Jihar Washington. Bugu da kari, kula da su yana da kyau #da'ar balagagge kafin a karshe ki dauko kwikwiyo, ko?

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