Archive for December, 2009

There are companies that claim to clean your air with the removal of ozone.  There is no scientific proof to support this claim.  The EPA has found that while that low levels of ozone may reduce some airborne virus materials, the percentage falls short by 5 to 10 times the public health standards.  Even at high concentrations, ozone is thought to be ineffective toward contaminants. Ozone is only [...]

An air cleaner is an aid to better health but there are no guarantees that your symptoms of allergies or asthma will magically disappear by using an air cleaner.  Different people have different degrees of health problems and to say that an air cleaner, alone, would cure your ills would be a misnomer. Some air cleaners are designed to remove only large particles while others remove small particles.  [...]

A portable air cleaner can be an asset if you do not have a whole house filtration unit.  It can also be easily moved from room to room, depending on where you spend most of your time.  But if you are unable to see most of the particles in the air, how do you know if they are adequately being removed? The effectiveness of air cleaners is measured by clean air delivery rate (CADR).  This method was [...]

Most people think that an air cleaner just takes in the air, cleans it and spits it back out.  This is an untrue statement.  Different air cleaners perform different types of functions and knowing the function of each is important. There are two basic types of air cleaning units that remove particles from the air, electronic air cleaners, and mechanical air filters.  Mechanical air filters remove [...]