dust mite

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When they cut thin slices of the fossil, coated them in resin and examined them under a powerful microscope, they got a look at a startling potential cause: scattered through the bone’s blood vessel cavities, they found fossilized remains of what appear to be around 70 tiny worms, each roughly the length of a dust mite.

From Scientific American

If you have pets, its filters can trap mold, pollen, and dust mite allergens from your floor.

From The Verge

Help your loved ones stay healthy this year with an air purifier that reportedly eliminates up to 99.9 percent of airborne bacteria, viruses, pet dander, dust mite allergens, pollen, and mold.

From Fox News

For example, a 2005 study found that children living in poorer urban areas in the United States were at greater risk of asthmatic illness from cockroach allergy than from allergies to dog or cat dander or to dust mite excretions.

From New York Times

“People can’t easily distinguish between 40 to 60 percent humidity, but for a dust mite that’s life and death,” says Dr. Jeffrey Miller, a retired clinical allergist who runs Mission Allergy.

From Slate