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10 The Link Magazine • September 2006 Place ° t r free classifieds
Volunteers needed to trial asthma beating air purifiers

New technology could help the thousands of people who suffer from asthma and breathing difficulties and a Swindon charity is seeking
volunteers to test new equipment for them.
Asthma Relief, whichisbased at cation unitfrom the USA. Having music speaker and would be in- taking part in this trial and par-
the Shaftesbury Centre, has sup- seen amazing results for a chronic stalled in the home for three ticipants can only benefit," said
plied around 1,000 nebulisers to sufferer in Swindon, Dave is keen months. Dave.
asthma sufferers and other people to test the equipment with a wider Retired West Swindon GP, Dr To volunteer for the trial or for
with breathing difficulties with cross section of people suffering Ian Matheson will monitor the per- details of Asthma Relief, call Dave
out charge, since it was set up. from breathing difficulties. formance of the equipment. If they Penman or Nicola Davies on
Founder, Dave Penman decided They are looking for four volun- help, Asthma Relief will consider 724004.
to start the charity while recover- teers to have a machine in their how best to help
ing in hospital from a heart attack. home: a child with asthma aged people obtain the
He was spurred into action when between 7 and 13, a young person air purifiers. *°
he noticed that all the people on around 25, a 40 to 45 year old who They use a ._.
his ward with breathing difficul- has suffered since childhood and range of tech-
ties had to share just one machine. somebody over 60 with critical nologies to keep
Recently, the charity has come pulmonery disfunctions. asthma under ^!
across a revolutionary air purifi- The units are about the size of a control. An ion- ry.,^,
iser suppresses
dust and small
particles in the
air, and UV light
is used to kill bac-
teria and very
1
small organisms. ^
A safe process
r
using ozone in- '9
side the machine ° -^
kills off bacteria
and viruses. Cha ity fowtder Date Pin man, holding the air purification
"There is no unit to be tested, and administrator Nicola Davies, holding
cost to anyone a nebuliser distributed by Asthma Relief

Kick dust mites out of bed
for allergy relief
Waking up with a sore throat and itchy skin or red eyes could be down
to the millions of dust mites sharing your bed, but thankfully a new
treatment can get rid of them in minutes.
It is now well known
that dust mites can trigger Dust buste ,
Darren,
Holder of the Seafish irawrman' allergic reactions such as I - _ ready to tackle
eczema and asthma; yet it
the unseen
Friers Quality Award Award Winning Quality Fish & Chips can be difficult to eradi- mites in your
cate them in a modern
^^'t mattress
house.
THREE GOOD REASONS TO USE Darren Gribben from
Moredon is the owner of
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which offers a professional
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hypo allergenic cleaning
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REMIND YOURSELF WHAT NATURAL half an inch down,” said
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Chips from real potatoes and top quality fish from the sea anything in the mattress." a sanitiser containing grapefruit
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and more nutritious and satisfying than burger and fries. to show customers what is hiding The process is ideal for remov-
We now have a seating area so you can enjoy your in their beds. "The dust mites are ing bad odours from cots and chil-
out of sight and out of mindbut we dren's beds and, as no chemicals
fish & chips at a table with a hot cup of tea or coffee
spend a third of our lives in bed are used, it is completely safe.
* Source: Carlson Bengston Consultants Ltd with only a sheet between us and With colder Autumn and Win-
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West Swindon District Centre. Tel: 870 455 dust and residue from the little make a booking. Call Darren on
beasties, a UV light kills them. Fi- 07980 016829.