Older, cheaper vacuum cleaners release more bacteria and dust: study

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 12:02 in Health & Medicine

Some vacuum cleaners — those basic tools for maintaining a clean indoor environment in homes and offices — actually contribute to indoor air pollution by releasing into the air bacteria and dust that can spread infections and trigger allergies, researchers report in a new study. It appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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