Supplemental oxygen for Poor Air Quality

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Using supplemental oxygen when exposed to poor air quality can help you breathe easier from:

SWAG oxygen is supplemental canned oxygen that is 95% pure oxygen (the air we breathe is 21% oxygen). It is all-natural and safe. Each portable oxygen can is 32 ounces and contains approximately 12 liters (volume) of 95% pure oxygen. Our product consists of up to 250 inhalations. Click here to view oxygen analysis report for SWAG oxygen from independent third party.

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Please visit https://www.airnow.gov to view real time updates of the air quality in your city.

Secondhand Smoke 

According to the American Lung Association, here are some key facts about secondhand smoke:

  • Secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard causing more than 41,000 deaths per year. It can cause or make worse a wide range of damaging health effects in children and adults, including lung cancer, respiratory infections and asthma.
  • Secondhand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or carcinogenic, including formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic ammonia and hydrogen cyanide. There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke and even short-term exposure potentially can increase the risk of heart attacks.
  • Workers in the restaurant, bar and casino industries in particular are exposed to the greatest levels of secondhand smoke.

High Pollution Areas

According to the American Lung Association, more than half of the U.S. population lives in places with dangerous levels of ozone or particle pollution.

Among the highest polluted cities in the USA are in cities located in California, New York, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, Indiana, West Virginia, Utah, Missouri, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Maryland, Oregon and Delaware. See full report here.

Air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. There are 2 different types of pollution's in the air that we breathe: ground level ozone and particle pollution. Ground level ozone pollution is formed when pollutants emitted by automobiles, power plants and other chemicals in the air combine and react chemically to nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds in the presence of sunlight. Ozone pollution does not stay in one place as winds can carry it far away.

Particle pollution is a mixture of very tiny solid and liquid particles that are in the air we breathe. Examples of sources of particle pollution include dust from roads, farms, dry riverbeds, construction sites, and mines. Smoke from wood stoves and forest fires and emissions from power plants, industrial facilities, cars and trucks. Once inhaled, these particles can affect the heart and lungs and cause serious health effects.

To learn more about ground level ozone and particle pollution, read these articles from the American Lung Association.

http://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/outdoor/air-pollution/ozone.html

http://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/outdoor/air-pollution/particle-pollution.html


Smoke Inhalation from Forest Fires

According to National Geographic, on average more than 100,000 wildfires, also called wildland fires or forest fires, clear 4 million to 5 million acres (1.6 million to 2 million hectares) of land in the U.S. every year. In recent years, wildfires have burned up to 9 million acres (3.6 million hectares) of land. A wildfire moves at speeds of up to 14 miles an hour (23 kilometers an hour), consuming everything (trees, brush, homes, even humans) in its path.

Small particles from forest fires can travel for a few hundred miles in the right weather conditions. Exposure to these small particles can make it harder to breathe or cause sore eyes, tears, coughing, runny nose and also make existing heart and lung conditions worse.

To learn more about smoke inhalation from forest fires, refer to this article from the Huffington Post


Exposure to Workplace Dust and Chemicals

Exposure to dust and chemicals in the workplace can make you cough, wheeze and can damage your health. Hazardous dust in the workplace includes sprays, mists, smoke, fumes, bulk chemicals, pesticides, vegetable dust (wood, flour, cotton and tea, and pollen), molds and spores, and asbestos.

 

Supplemental oxygen is a growing industry. An increasing number of people each day are experiencing the benefits of using it in their own lives. Supplemental oxygen has many interchangeable names and is also referred to as canned oxygen, oxygen can, oxygen in a can, portable oxygen, recreational oxygen, oxygen bar, sports oxygen, high altitude oxygen and oxygen spray.

SWAG oxygen is working hard to become an industry leader and household name. We are #1 in can size and best priced in the USA. We offer the best values for your money and save you more with our package deals. We believe that supplemental oxygen should be affordable for everyone and not just a select few so we are working hard to make sure to keep our product reasonable priced.