Choose
your home air purifiers for your needs.
No single home air purifier can meet every need. There are home
air purifiers designed for allergy and asthma. Other home air purifiers
are best for odor control and chemical sensitiviy. Tobacco smoke
control requires a larger amount of activated carbon in your home
air purifiers.
We have carefully chosen reliable home air purifier manufacturers.
Here, you will find home air purifiers that will meet your needs.
Please call us at 1-800-868-0964 to help you choose
the best home air purifiers for you.
Here is an overview of health issues where your home
air purifiers may be helpful.
Allergy and Asthma Relief
Airborne particles, chemicals gases and odors may trigger allergies
and asthma. Reducing airborne particles and gases reduces your exposure
to allergy and asthma triggers.
What must an air purifier do to accomplish this???
First, your air
purifier must not harm you!
Ozone is used by many air purifiers on the market today. The Environmental
Protection Agency’s article “Ozone
Generators that are sold as Air Cleaners: Assessment of Effectiveness
and Health Consequences” – “When inhaled,
ozone can damage the lungs (see - "Ozone
and Your Health" - http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.brochure).
Relatively low amounts can cause chest pain, coughing, shortness
of breath, and, throat irritation. Ozone may also worsen chronic
respiratory diseases such as asthma and compromise the ability
of the body to fight respiratory infections.”
The article suggests using "proven methods of air cleaning".
Our air purifiers DO NOT produce harmful levels of ozone.
Second, your air
purifier must remove airborne particles that may trigger allergies
or asthma.
Your air purifier should contain a HEPA filter. - HEPA stands
for “high-efficiency particulate arresting”. The original
HEPA filter was designed in the 1940’s for the Manhattan
Project to remove radioactive particles from the air. HEPA filters
remove particles as small as .3 micrometers (micron) or larger.
One micron is 1/25,000 of an inch. To understand just how small
this is, consider that human hairs measure between 30 and 120 microns.
Particles can be categorized in three size ranges:
• Coarse Particles larger than 0.3 micron
• Fine Particles 0.1 - 0.3 micron
• Ultra-fine particles 0.01 - 0.1 micron
The human body has very little defense against very small particles.
• Viruses: 0.01 - 0.05 micron
• Bacteria: 0.3 - 3 micron
• Smoke: 0.01 - 5 micron
• Pet allergens 0.05- 3 micron
• Mold spores : 3 - 30 micron
• Pollen: 10 - 100 micron
HYPERHEPA – was developed by IQAir. Their filters are able
to remove Ultra-fine particles as small as .003 microns with a
guaranteed minimum efficiency of 99%.
HYPERHEPA can remove up to 100 times more allergens than conventional air cleaners.
IQAir
has partnered with the American Lung Association in an educational
campaign designed to generate awareness and educate the public
about effective measures to improve indoor air quality.
The following chart was provided courtesy of IQAir.
Germany's
consumer foundation rated the IQAir
HealthPro Plus the most effective air cleaner for allergy sufferers.
Third, your air
purifier must contain several pounds of activated carbon.
Activated carbon is charcoal that has been treated with oxygen
to open millions of tiny pores between carbon atoms. One pound
of activated carbon has a surface area of up to 60 to 100 acres.
Activated carbon may absorb up to 60% of its weight in airborne
chemicals, odors and gases.
Activated carbon is made from several sources, coal, coconut shell,
wood or peat moss. In addition, activated carbon can be impregnated
with various catalysts to better absorb specific airborne chemicals
and odors.
Activated carbon is the adsorbent used military gas masks.
Activated carbon is the safest, efficient, cost effective way
to trap noxious gases and odors.
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