Carpet causes allergies:
• University of Georgia conducted a study to disprove the myth that carpet causes allergies. They compared hard floors compared to carpeted floors to test the amount of particles of dust and other particulate matter transferred dermally. It turns out 95% of the particles were transferred from a hard floor to the hands, compared to only 3-5% of the particles on carpet.

Carpet kicks up dust:
• The myth that dust is constantly kicked up in carpets has been disproved recently, too. A testing lab in Dalton tested what happens to particles of dust that are resting on a carpeted surface compared to hard surface floors when a person walks across that floor. Virtually no dust was kicked up from the carpeted floor while a significant amount of dust was found rising from the hard surface.