Ingabe Izitshalo Zokuhlanza Umoya * Empeleni * Ziyasebenza?

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• Ngemuva Kwenganekwane
• Ngabe Izitshalo Zokuhlanza Umoya Zinomphumela * Womunye Umphumela?
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Phakathi komsebenzi wakho wedeski le-9-to-5, ihora noma ngaphezulu olichitha umpompa insimbi endaweni yokuzivocavoca egcwele umzimba, kanye nakho konke ukuzitika kwakho kwe-Netflix ebusuku kakhulu, akumangazi ukuthi cishe uchitha cishe amaphesenti angama-90 esikhathi sakho usendlini. Isizathu sokuqubuka kokuqubuka kwe-coronavirus kanye nama-oda alandelayo wokuhlala ekhaya, futhi okokugcina lapho uphumela ngaphandle - noma ngabe bekuwukuhamba uye esitolo-kungenzeka ukuthi bekuyizinsuku ezintathu ezedlule.

Ngaso sonke leso sikhathi esingeziwe obusisebenzisa endaweni yakho yokuhlala ephansi, kungenzeka ukuthi waqoqa umdlandla wokuyiguqula ibe yindawo yokuhlala enempilo, uqale ngokuthenga izitshalo ezihlanza umoya. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ukugxilwa kokunye ukungcola kungaphakama izikhathi eziphindwe kabili kuya kweziyisihlanu ezindlini kunangaphandle, ngenxa yezinto zokuhlanza, upende nezinto zokwakha ezisetshenziswe esakhiweni sakho, ngokusho kwe-Environmental Protection Agency. Futhi lezi zinhlanganisela eziphilayo ezishintshashintshayo (ama-VOC, okubizwa ngokuthi amagesi aphuma kule mikhiqizo yasendlini nokunye okwengeziwe) zingaholela emiphumeleni yezempilo eyingozi, ehlanganisa ukucasuka kwamehlo, ikhala, nomphimbo; ikhanda nokuhlanza; kanye nokulimala kwesibindi, phakathi kokunye, ngokwe-EPA.

Kepha ingabe leyo palm palm ihleli efasiteleni lakho noma isitshalo sezinyoka etafuleni lokugcina eliseduze kombhede wakho yenza noma yini ukusiza lesi simo?

Ngokudabukisayo, noma ngabe ikhaya lakho libukeka ngathi lisekhasini le-Discover le-Instagram, ngeke libe nomoya omsulwa njengomoya-mpilo oqonde ethangini. “Umbono oyiphutha ovame kakhulu ukuthi izitshalo ziyawuhlanza umoya—aziwuhlanzi,” kusho uMichael Dixon, umqondisi we-Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility e-University of Guelph eningizimu ye-Ontario, eCanada. "Izitshalo zasendlini zidlala indima encane kakhulu emkhathini wendawo ezikuyo, futhi umthelela wazo cishe mkhulu kakhulu ngoba ikhwalithi yazo yobuhle ikwenza uzizwe ulungile."

Eqinisweni, ukubuyekezwa kwango-2019 kwezifundo eziyi-12 ezishicilelwe ngomphumela wezitshalo ezisebhodweni kuma-VOC asemoyeni athole lokho kanye. Kushicilelwe kufayela le- Ijenali ye-Exposure Science kanye ne-Epidemiology yezeMvelo, ukubuyekeza kwathola ukuthi ukushintshaniswa komoya, kungaba ngokuvula amawindi noma ngokusebenzisa amasistimu wokungenisa umoya, kunciphisa ukugxila kwama-VOCs ngokushesha okukhulu kunokuba izitshalo zingazikhipha emoyeni. Lokho kusho ukuthi uzodinga noma yikuphi kusuka ezitshalweni eziyi-100 kuye kweziyi-1,000 imitha-skwele ngayinye (cishe amafidi-skwele ayi-10) wesikhala saphansi ukuze ususe ama-VOC ngokuphumelelayo njengokuvula amafasitela egumbi lakho lokuphumula. Uma ufuna ngempela ukuhlala endlini yakho, lokho akunakwenzeka.

Ngemuva Kwenganekwane

Ngakho-ke umbono oyiphutha wokuthi izitshalo ezimbalwa zasebhodweni zingashintsha ikhaya lakho libe indawo eshisayo enomoya omusha uthole kanjani amandla? Konke lokhu kwaqala emuva ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1980 nososayensi we-NASA uBill Wolverton, kusho uDixon, owabhala ngokubhala ucwaningo lwango-2011 ngale ndaba eshicilelwe ku I-Biotechnology ephelele. Ukuze uthole ukuthi iziphi izitshalo ezenza umsebenzi ongcono kakhulu wokuhlunga ukungcola okuhlukahlukene, iWolverton yahlola izitshalo eziyishumi nambili ezivamile — njenge-gerbera daisy ne-bamboo palm — ngokwazi kwazo ukususa ubuthi basendlini egumbini elivalwe ngamasentimitha angu-30 ngamasentimitha angu-30 , ngokusho kweNASA. Ngemva kwamahora angu-24, u-Wolverton wathola ukuthi izitshalo zakhipha ngempumelelo amaphesenti angu-10 kuya kwangu-90 okungcola, okuhlanganisa i-formaldehyde, i-benzene, ne-trichlorethylene, emoyeni. (Okuhlobene: Ikhwalithi Yomoya Ithinta Ukuzivocavoca Kwakho [kanye Nempilo Yakho] Ngaphezu Kokucabanga Kwakho)

Inkinga ngocwaningo: I-Wolverton yafaka izitshalo kumithamo yokungcola izikhathi eziyi-10 kuye kweziyi-100 kunalokho obuvame ukukuthola emoyeni wasendlini osezingeni eliphansi, futhi zafakwa emakamelweni amancane kakhulu, kusho u-Dixon. Ukuze uthole imiphumela efanayo, u-Wolverton ubala ukuthi uzodinga ukuba nezitshalo zesicabucabu ezingaba ngu-70 ekhaya lesimanje, elonga amandla elingamamitha-skwele angu-1800. Ukuhumusha: Imiphumela ngeke isebenze ekusetheni umhlaba wangempela njenge-condo yakho ephakathi nendawo.

Kwezinye izimo, isimo sakho sikaMama Wesitshalo singenza ikhwalithi yakho yomoya ibe yimbi kakhulu. Inhlabathi egayiwe ingaba umthombo wokungcola emoyeni, ikakhulukazi uma usebenzisa amanzi amaningi noma usebenzisa umanyolo omningi, kusho uDixon. Umhlabathi oswakeme ngokweqile ungakhuthaza ukukhula kwama-microorganisms angavusa ukungezwani komzimba kwabanye abantu, futhi usawoti ophuma ekusetshenzisweni kukamanyolo ngokweqile ungahwamuka uye emoyeni, uyanezela.

Ngabe Izitshalo Zokuhlanza Umoya Zinomphumela * Womunye Umphumela?

Cabanga emuva ngekilasi lakho lesikole samabanga aphezulu, futhi uzoba nokuqonda okuqinile kwalokho izitshalo zakho zokuhlanza umoya ezingakwazi *empeleni* ukuzenza: Thatha i-carbon dioxide futhi ukhiphe umoya-mpilo nge-photosynthesis, kusho u-Dixon. Izitshalo zasendlini ngokwemvelo zinemigudu ye-metabolic (ukusabela kwamakhemikhali kumaseli akha futhi adiliza ama-molecule ezinqubo zamangqamuzana) ukuze asebenzise i-carbon dioxide, kodwa awanayo eyanele yalawo athatha ukungcola okuyingozi okutholakala emoyeni wezinga eliphansi yenza umthelela omkhulu, uyachaza. (Okungenani ukugcina ingadi yasendlini kuzokunika nomkhiqizo omusha.)

Noma kunjalo, izitshalo zasendlini azizona imishini yokuhlanza umoya, i-CO2-busting. Njengoba izindawo eziningi ezisendlini zinamazinga okukhanya aphansi, izitshalo zisebenza ngokujwayelekile lapho izinga lokuphefumula (ukuthatha isikhutha nokukhipha umoya-mpilo kanye ne-CO2 ethile) lilingana nele-photosynthesis, kusho u-Dixon. Kuleli qophelo, isitshalo sithatha inani elifanayo le-CO2 emoyeni njengoba sisikhiqiza. Ngenxa yalokho, “ithemba lokuthi izitshalo ezifakwe emabhodweni liyoba ingxenye enkulu ekuthuthukiseni izinga lomkhathi wendawo yasendlini lincane kakhulu,” uyachaza.

Kodwa izimfanelo zokuhlanza umoya zezinye izitshalo akuyona inkohliso ephelele. Kwezinye kakhulu izimo ezithile, ama-VOC angasebenza njengokudla kwemiphakathi yamagciwane (kabusha: amabhaktheriya nesikhunta) endaweni yezimpande zesitshalo, kwakheke i- "biofilter" eyehlisa ukungcola emoyeni. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akuyona into ongayizuza ngesitshalo sakho se-pothos, kusho uDixon. Okokuqala, la ma-biofilters ezitshalo aklanyelwe ukumboza zonke izindonga futhi abe nobude bezindaba ezintathu kuya kwezine.

Lezi zindonga ezinkulu ezigcwele izitshalo zinezimbobo futhi zinamanzi azungeza kuzo ukuze zakhe indawo ekahle yokuthi amagciwane aphile ngokujabula, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-biofilm. Abalandeli ohlelweni badonsa umoya wegumbi emhlabathini, futhi noma yimaphi ama-VOC ancibilika angene kwi-biofilm, kusho uDixon. Lapho izitshalo zenza i-photosynthesis futhi zivuza ama-carbohydrate ezimpandeni, imiphakathi ephila ku-biofilm idla kuyo—kanye nanoma yikuphi ukungcola okufakwe kuyo, uyachaza. “Izinto ezingokwemvelo eziguquguqukayo esizihlanganisa nomoya wasendlini osezingeni eliphansi ziluhlobo oluthile lokudla [kwamagciwane],” kusho uDixon. "Ama-[VOCs] awekho ezingeni eliphezulu ngokwanele ukuze asekele ngokugcwele inani le-microbial - ngakho izitshalo zenza lokho [nge-photosynthesis]."

Ukuzama ukwenza i-DIY i-biofilter yakho esitshalweni esifakwe embizeni “kunzima kakhulu,” ngenxa yalawo mazinga aphansi okukhanya atholakala ezindlini, kusho u-Dixon. Ingasaphathwa, ziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu ukuyigcina futhi ayitholakali ukusetshenziswa kwasekhaya okwamanje. Kodwa awuyena uSOL ngokuphelele uma ufuna ukuhlanza umoya wakho wasendlini: "Ngokwezwi nezwi, vele uvule iwindi, elizothuthukisa ukushintshaniswa kwegesi nangaphandle," usho njalo. (Futhi uma ikhaya lakho lingenangqondo kakhulu, vula eyodwa yalawa ma-dehumidifiers akalwe phezulu.)

Futhi nakuba isitshalo sakho sokuhlanza umoya singase singawenzi umsebenzi obunethemba lokuthi sizokwenza, okungenani ukuhlala endaweni eluhlaza kungakusiza ukhiqize kakhudlwana futhi unciphise izinga lokucindezeleka, ngokocwaningo oluvela eWashington State University. Futhi, ukubanakekela kuhle #ukukwenza umkhuba ngaphambi kokuba ekugcineni ube nomdlwane, akunjalo?

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