| onmental studies have revealed that the air inside | | | | contaminants, making them harmless enough to |
| homes is dirtier than the air outside. People living in | | | | breathe. |
| congested homes or localities usually live in dirty | | | | Benefits of air purifiers for asthmatics: |
| air. | | | | Air purifiers alleviate asthma, and the best air |
| The best way to deal with this problem is to | | | | purifier can totally remove the causes by |
| purchase a good air purifier. An air purifier is a | | | | providing high quality air purification. It improves |
| device that cleans the air. It assists in air | | | | the living of asthma sufferers by air filtration, |
| purification by freeing the air from pollutants and | | | | reducing the dust floating in the air, filtering second |
| contaminants. | | | | hand smoke, and purifying the air of chemical |
| Air purifiers are very beneficial for people | | | | pollutants, car exhaust fumes or other |
| suffering from allergies due to air pollutants, and | | | | contaminants. |
| asthma. The allergy inducing particles may come | | | | Controversy: |
| as dust or pollen, pet dander or mold spores. | | | | The critics of air purifiers opine that the air |
| A home air purifier removes these particles. It | | | | purifiers don’t offer any significant help to |
| also provides protection against hazardous smoke | | | | asthma sufferers. They feel that the media has |
| particles and airborne gases that may intrude into | | | | over hyped the devices, and that they |
| the house and bedrooms. It offers a great | | | | can’t completely purify the air. Air purifiers |
| protection against second hand smoke. Air | | | | can’t provide complete protection against |
| purifiers convert the dirty and contaminated air | | | | secondhand smoke, and cannot completely |
| into clean air and offer a morning fresh aroma to | | | | remove carbon monoxide. |
| the whole house. | | | | The ionizing air purifiers are particularly under fire. |
| Different air purifiers use different air purification | | | | They have kicked up a row that all ionizing models |
| techniques including mechanical filters, adsorbents | | | | produce ozone (O3 poisonous allotrope of |
| like charcoal, and electrostatic charges or ionizers. | | | | oxygen) that can worsen asthma and decrease |
| The additional setups include germicidal UV light | | | | lung function. Recent studies are supporting the |
| and the emission of ions into the air to react with | | | | fact. |