Spring is coming and you want to clean up? A good idea to ward off allergens. Another season is also conducive to deep cleaning.
Spring cleaning is the perfect opportunity to clean your house from top to bottom. “Si we are subject to allergiesonce a year is not enough», indicates Isabelle Bossé, allergist and President of the French Syndicate of Allergists.
The benefits of spring cleaning
The big blow broom allows you to go to all the corners forgotten by the weekly cleaning. Usually reserved for season spring, it allows you to hunt down mold and create a vacuum by throwing away trinkets piled up for no reason. ” The healthiest room for a allergic anyway, is a room that contains as few objects as possible“says our allergist.
Another advantage is that cleaning is easier to do. ” If the daily or weekly maintenance of the house is neat, a major cleaning every 6 months is sufficient. If it’s a cluttered teenager’s room, it’s best to do it every 3 monthsadds Isabelle Bossé.
Spring cleaning: when?
The mites experience two prosperous periods in the year:
- March/April, which justifies the usefulness of a household of spring ;
- the start of thefallwhich corresponds to the reproductive period during which these arachnids are even more allergenic.
Source: interview with Isabelle Bossé, allergist and president of the French Syndicate of Allergists, June 1, 2010.
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