Often going to the gym to “work out” results in better health and with the hope of avoiding heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, and illness. Lurking in those facilities are airborne pathogens which can cause serious illness or even death, thus abolishing the desired results of better health. One deep breath can pull pathogens, VOCs, and CACs into the respiratory system where they can multiply and cause, infections, illness, disease, or even death. Wherever groups of people assemble indoors, pathogens and odors are more concentrated and can result in infectious disease transmission. Unwanted respiratory intruders have less area to disperse and are often circulated in HVAC systems. In many sports the skin to skin contact with other athletes, athletic equipment, sweating, cuts and scrapes make athletes at risk for skin infections such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), ringworm, Herpes Simplex, and “Athletes Foot” (a fungal infection). These skin infections can become very serious and reach epidemic proportions quickly disabling the entire team. Sports facilities, whether it is a locker room, weight room, or fitness center can be places of infectious disease transmission. In 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed the number of people hospitalized with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)  at approximately 100,000 annually. A large number of those infected were reported to be young healthy men. More current statistics indicate nearly 500,000 hospitalizations in the United States alone were due to MRSA. This is just one example of the many unwanted infectious pathogens currently invading our sports facilities. In 2004 it was reported professional teams such as the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Cleveland Browns had athletes that had been diagnosed with MRSA. Colleges, high schools and the military have all been troubled with infectious disease transmission. Zandair™ is determined to provide safer, healthier air for athletes and those striving for better health. Our ZANDAIR™ products do just that. We use Photocatalytic Oxidation which is the recognized technology that destroys airborne pathogens, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and chemically active compounds (CACs). As you search our website to learn more about our outstanding air purification/filtration products please contact uswith any questions or comments.