Your Healthy Home: Win the Dust Mite Fight

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Video Description:Did you know that you're living with millions of uninvited guests? Here's help for outsmarting those dirty dust mites. Transcript:Did you know that you share your home with millions of uninvited guests?  Dust mites are tiny creatures which thrive in bedding, carpets, and upholstered furniture. They’re the cause of millions of people’s indoor allergies. But you can show dust mites the door with some simple tips. More mites live in the bedroom than anywhere else, so start there. Cover mattresses and pillows in zippered, dust-proof covers. Called allergen-impermeable, these have pores too small for dust mites to pass through. Next, ensure that you wash all sheets and blankets weekly in hot water. Temperatures of at least 130 degrees are needed to kill mites. Get rid of all carpets in the bedroom (and the rest of your home.) If this is too bare-bones for you, get carpets with short, tight pile, which are the least hospitable to dust mites. Family members with allergies will breathe easier from your efforts—and you’ll breathe easier knowing that your uninvited guests have been sent packing! Category:Healthy Living/Healthy Home Tags:dust, mite, health, home, house, clean, allergic, allergy, allergen, allergen-impermeable, carpet, breathe,