- Environment
- Brain Health
- Sleep Quality
- The Sonder Difference
Edmonton air trends
PM2.5
PM2.5 refers to tiny particles, smaller than dust, which impacts health. PM2.5 levels change day-to-day and year-over-year, increasing long and short team health risks. PM2.5 occurs both indoors and outside.
PM2.5's small size allows them to enter the bloodstream once breathed in meaning that it can impact every body system.
The WHO says PM2.5 density in the air should not top 15 micrograms per cubic meter in any 24-hour period, or 5 mcg/m3 averaged across an entire year.
Over the last five years, the average PM2.5 level in Edmonton was 12.4mcg/m3.
The Central Nervous System
A recent study linked the impact of increased PM2.5, year-over-year with the first time hospitalizations for central nervous diseases.
1µg/m³ increase year-over year
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5µg/m³ increase year-over year
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Deeper sleep
Studies show that:
every 10µg/m³ PM2.5
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PM2.5 & Health
In the last decade, Edmonton had two years where year-over-year PM2.5 levels impacted the central nervous system and sleep quality has been impacted every year.
From 2022 to 2023, PM2.5 has increased by 11.6 mg/m3, inflaming the nervous system and costing the average person over 25 minutes of worse sleep each night.
Healthy Environments with Ronald McDonald House
To combat this, Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta has been working with ecologicca, removing toxins from the air to give their guests better sleep and healthier minds.