{"id":1170,"date":"2013-07-03T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2013-07-03T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T01:00:51","slug":"the-dangers-of-new-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/the-dangers-of-new-carpet","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers Of New Carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eliminate harmful chemicals from new carpet.<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know a caustic chemical lurks in the new carpet your house gets? They are called <em><strong>VOCs<\/strong><\/em>, Volatile Organic Compounds, and are a substance that contains carbon and that evaporates or \u201coff-gases\u201d at room temperature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"new carpet\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhvNbhauUXdRdIbifLDiMKYC_g4vPbhdQKrI51ug5I5TdYIMQeGg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A number of building and household materials may be sources of VOCs. New <em><strong> carpeting<\/strong><\/em>, backing, and adhesives; draperies; wood products that use  certain glues, finishes, and waxes in the manufacturing process; and  vinyl type flooring and wall coverings may all release VOCs into the  air.<\/p>\n<p>Studies of animals have shown that breathing some types of VOCs over a  long period of time can increase the risk of getting cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully our product eliminates these caustic <em><strong>VOCs <\/strong><\/em>and we even have a wonderful customer testimonial about eliminating VOCs.<\/p>\n<p><em>As <strong>VOCs <\/strong>relate to cancer, I am overjoyed that this takes them out. Everyone should get a kit when they buy a new house, paint a room or stain a deck. I actually used two socks filled with granules in the guest room after I painted with a &#8220;low&#8221; VOC paint&#8230;no smell by morning&#8230;fabulous- and healthy! Thanks. <\/em>~ Scottie<\/p>\n<p>Are you planning any type of home improvement project? Make sure to keep our Clear The Air on hand to eliminate harmful chemicals such as VOCs that lurk in paint, glues and <em><strong>carpets<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliminate harmful chemicals from new carpet. Did you know a caustic chemical lurks in the new carpet your house gets? They are called VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds, and are a substance that contains carbon and that evaporates or \u201coff-gases\u201d at room temperature. A number of building and household materials may be sources of VOCs. New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,4,6],"tags":[704,707,705,708,142,19,140,24,25,38,706],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}