Does common household dust really contain 80% human skin?

Question

I once heard this before and was shocked but never knew what to think of it, please does anyone have any insight?

Answer 1

I read a lot about dust on the www because my son's allergic to dust mites. I've heard that human skin composes a high % of dust, but I can't track down the source of this. It sounds gross, but that's how dust mites live-- they eat our dead skin cells. A vacuum cleaner salesman once told me that dust is "DEAD THINGS." He said this in a very creepy tone that made me run out of the store as fast as I could!

oh, here's a website about a guy who likes to look at dust under the microscope... and he stains the dust so he can tell the difference between organic and non-living material. fascinating stuff. who would have known dust could be so complex!

Answer 2

According to the sources I checked, about 80% of household dust is dead human
skin.
Here are a few websites that discuss this:
Dust Mite Basic Primer
Dust and Dust Mites

House Dust Mite NuFact

Answer 3

Yeah, that's true but, I thought it was more than 80%, than another 5 or, 6 % is meteor dust.

Answer 4

yes thats true however i heard that it was 90% of the dust

Answer 5

that is about 80%, the the relax is hair, airborne dirt and airborne dirt and mud from outdoors soil, airborne dirt and mud mites which stay of lifeless epidermis and their droppings, pollen and smoke debris and airborne dirt and mud and airborne dirt and airborne dirt and mud from outdoors, the common individual is carrying about a million to 2 pound of lifeless epidermis each and each and every of the time it really is often being shed,

Answer 6

yes because your skin comes off as you move and most people are inside a lot.

Answer 7

Yes it does.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

Germs, and non organic matter

Answer 10

disturbing isn't it...and i think there's an even greater percentage under beds