| The world has become health crazy. There is no | | | | you're wondering why scientists are so concerned |
| getting around it, we are turning towards healthier | | | | about plants it is because they give off the one |
| whole grain cereals and breads, we're exercising | | | | thing we need to breathe, oxygen. They take in |
| more, and we're cleaning our homes like fanatical | | | | carbon dioxide to do this. So if the plants die, we |
| lunatics. Included in this cleaning craze is the | | | | die. It's that simple. The plants are actually are a |
| obsession with cleaning our air. We've got air | | | | true air purification system. Still, people feel they |
| purifiers in just about every room. This leads to | | | | need electronic air purification systems. Why? |
| just one question. | | | | How do they work and what good are they if |
| Does it do any good? | | | | any at all? |
| To begin with, getting an air purifier for your | | | | Actually, there are many types of systems and |
| home can be confusing as anything. With all the | | | | each one works differently. We're not going to go |
| different brands to choose from and different | | | | into detail of how each one works as that could |
| types of air purification systems it's almost | | | | take a book in itself. But the main types of |
| impossible to know which one is any good, if any | | | | systems are HEPA Filter Systems, which draw |
| of them are. | | | | the air through the filter and clean it; Ozone Air |
| Then of course there is the burning question, "Do | | | | Purifiers, which work by generating more ozone |
| we really need an air purifier anyway?". Is the air | | | | molecules in the air; Ionic Air Cleaners, which work |
| in our homes really that bad? Haven't we been | | | | by negatively charging the air particles in the |
| breathing this same air long before there ever | | | | room; Electrostatic Precipitators, which work by |
| were air purification systems? What's changed? | | | | using positive and negative charges to collect |
| All of these questions are enough to give us a | | | | particles and Electrostatic Filters which work by |
| headache if not outright drive us crazy. Well, let's | | | | creating a static charge which attracts and |
| deal with one question that we at last can answer. | | | | collects particles in the air. |
| While it is true that we have been breathing the | | | | Supposedly, these various technologies produce |
| same air for thousands of years, we really | | | | the end result of cleaning your air. Do they? Well, |
| haven't. With the industrial revolution and all the | | | | there are tests you can run to determine if the |
| garbage that is sent into our air from factories, | | | | amount of allergens in your home have been |
| the truth is, the air is not as clean as it used to | | | | reduced but ultimately it is all going to come down |
| be. All you have to do is take a drive down to | | | | to one thing. |
| the factory district in Trenton, NJ and take a | | | | Do you feel better? Does the air smell cleaner? |
| whiff. There will be no doubt in your mind that the | | | | Do you notice a difference? |
| air down there is dirty. | | | | Air purifiers. Help or hype? |
| But the problem goes much deeper than that. If | | | | We may never really know. |