| Air pollution is clearly a health hazard when you | | | | with flat panel air filters which serve as home air |
| consider all the many harmful materials present in | | | | cleaners. Their primary purpose is to protect the |
| the air we breathe. However, this risk can be | | | | equipment. However, they also filter bacteria, |
| combated by control or elimination of the source | | | | viruses and pet and dust mite allergens. |
| of the pollutants. It may not always be practical | | | | A fan circulates the air and the filters clean it in |
| due to adverse weather conditions to ventilate | | | | the portable home air cleaners. It can easily be |
| with fresh air from outdoors but a home air | | | | moved to wherever the cleaning needs to take |
| cleaner can help to get rid of the pollutants | | | | place and depending on the size of the room it is |
| already inside your home. | | | | usually quite effective at reducing airborne |
| The design of a home air cleaner can be created | | | | pollutants. |
| in such a way that the installation can take place | | | | Health Concerns |
| within the duct of the central heating system. As | | | | The home electronic air cleaner also removes |
| an alternative it can also be located in the | | | | small particles, but it is ineffective at removing |
| ventilating or air conditioning duct. This allows the | | | | larger particles. Electronic air cleaners can turn out |
| air in the house as a whole to be cleaned but with | | | | ozone, which can irritate the lungs. Ultra fine |
| the help of a portable home air cleaner, the air in | | | | particles may also be produced and this happens |
| a single room or specific area can be cleaned | | | | as a consequence of ozone mixing with indoor |
| instead of the full house. | | | | chemicals such as air fresheners and cleaning |
| How Does It Work? | | | | products. Such particles may cause unpleasant |
| The majority of home air cleaners have a | | | | health problems. |
| mechanical air filter. The filters do their job by | | | | The home air cleaner certainly helps to lessen |
| trapping large airborne particles such as dust, dust | | | | levels of smaller airborne particles or allergens but |
| mites, pollen, cockroach allergens, mold and pet | | | | it is not capable of removing microorganisms, |
| dander. Nonetheless these particles settle rapidly | | | | which ultimately cause disease. |
| and they cannot be completely removed by the | | | | A home air cleaner can be very useful in a house |
| air filters. When further movement takes place | | | | with children, the elderly or those suffering with |
| within the house, these particles are disturbed and | | | | respiratory conditions such as asthma. However, |
| the larger ones settle once more before the | | | | as far as the larger particles are concerned they |
| filters have managed to pick them up. | | | | may not be of any help whatsoever. |
| Most air-conditioners and residential furnaces come | | | | |