The role of dust and fine dust in many common minor medical ailments is increasingly being appreciated. Without living in a bubble completely isolated from the outside world it is not possible to live in an environment entirely free from fine dust. Even if you did live in such a bubble without an effective extraction system there would still be fine dust inside the bubble, created from the millions of dead skin cells that we shed everyday.
The idea of controlling fine dust means much more than regularly dusting your home or work environment. To actively control fine dust you’d need to have a range of fine dust suppression and fine dust extraction filters available to you. Fine dust can arise from just about anything that you come into contact with, apart from the most durable of materials like steel and glass, most things when rubbed even gently will lose something from the surface, usually in the form of a fine dust. You can create dust simply by closing the curtains in your home or tearing a piece of paper. It comes as quite a surprise to many people that even using a laser printer can generate dust into the atmosphere of a room, simply by some of the toner dust being released into the air. Some of these aspects of fine dust are easier to control than others. Fine dust from a toner cartridge can be controlled by fitting a Dexwet toner fine dust filter over the laser printer air vent. So, whilst some fine dust releases can be controlled others, like controlling the dust created when you close the curtains, are rather more problematic.
Stopping fine dust from being created is virtually impossible and fully controlling it, unless you work and in a sterile environment, is economically impossible. However, you can do some things to control fine dust and help your health. You usually first become aware of fine dust when you see it on the surface of something. Rather than ‘dusting’ it away with a dry duster - wipe it up with a damp cloth or specially formulated cleaning cloth, so as to not get the fine dust re-airborne. Alternatively, using a suitable attachment on your vacuum cleaner - ‘Hoover’ the dust up into a sealed bag.