| Consumers seeking air purifier information suffer | | | | in guidelines published by the American Society of |
| a plague of lies, exaggerations, false statistics, | | | | Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning |
| concocted quotes from unidentified officials, | | | | Engineers, the American Institute of Architects |
| outright fraud, and the perverse rejection of clear | | | | and the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of |
| scientific evidence that some products cause | | | | Healthcare Organizations. |
| harm. | | | | It is also a fact you can verify that the CDC has |
| Should you simply reject air purification as the | | | | recommended HEPA filtration in its Guidelines for |
| latest in a long line of health frauds? Is it simply | | | | Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare |
| too easy to be taken for a fool? | | | | Facilities. |
| Example: How Bad Information Leads to Bad | | | | An additional true and verifiable fact is that FEMA |
| Choices | | | | assisted persons near Ground Zero to purchase |
| It's easy to show how the lack of accurate air | | | | HEPA air purifiers by Austin Air, one of several |
| purifier information has served to the | | | | very good and reliable products. |
| disadvantage of consumers. | | | | And one more verifiable fact is how the Hong |
| A clear and recent example is the Sharper Image | | | | Kong Hospital Authority purchased IQAir HEPA air |
| Ionic Breeze. At it's height, one of four air purifiers | | | | purifiers during the SARS outbreak a few years |
| purchased was an Ionic Breeze. Yet its | | | | ago. |
| performance was among the most dismal on the | | | | Yes, those with access to accurate air purifier |
| market with a CADR rating of about 20. Gravity | | | | information know air purifiers do work as long as |
| alone has a CADR of about 5. | | | | you know what you are buying. |
| Educated consumers could have chosen a highly | | | | Where Can You Turn for the Best Air Purifier |
| effective but relatively cheap air purifier, the 3M | | | | Information? |
| Ultra Clean, with a CADR 13 times greater than | | | | How do you make an educated choice? How do |
| the Ionic Breeze but costing $100 less. | | | | you know how to avoid air purifiers that release |
| Example: Government and Medicine Reveal Air | | | | toxic gases, have dismal efficiency levels, |
| Purification Can Work | | | | unreasonably high replacement filter costs, |
| Separating fact from fictional air purifier | | | | misleading specifications and poor quality materials. |
| information demands real effort. Consider typical | | | | A hallmark of a trustworthy merchant is thorough |
| negative ion air purifier advertisements. These | | | | testing of all products offered for sale to |
| often include a statement to the effect that | | | | determine fitness and suitability. Products that |
| negative ions have been used for years in medical | | | | don't make the cut are rejected, not offered to |
| facilities to clean and sanitize the air and surfaces. | | | | their customers under any circumstance. Products |
| Yet never once will you find supporting | | | | that do make the cut should also be accurately |
| information based on scientific studies, medical | | | | described including the revealing of possible |
| reports or governmental guidelines. Instead, you'll | | | | drawbacks that could influence your satisfaction. |
| find a cautionary note from the EPA that charged | | | | is a merchant that meets the above criteria while |
| air pollutants may be more likely to adhere to | | | | also including copious amounts of additional air |
| your lung tissues making them all the more | | | | purifier information to help you better determine |
| harmful. | | | | your needs. One other excellent resource I |
| It is a fact, though, that recommendations of | | | | recommend is Just give them a quick Google. |
| HEPA filtration has been made for medical facilities | | | | |