| Choosing an air purification system can be a | | | | drawn onto your floors and furniture by gravity, |
| daunting task. There are many different kinds of | | | | and a quick vacuum or dusting would eliminate the |
| air purification systems on the market, but which | | | | particles altogether. |
| type is right for you? A common choice for | | | | Since the release of these original ion air purifier |
| today's healthy home is an ion air purifier, a | | | | models, large advances have been made in the |
| system far superior to the mechanized filtering | | | | field of air purification studies. A second generation |
| systems of the past. | | | | of ion air purifiers is now available, which |
| Air purification technology has come a long way | | | | incorporates this advanced technology: now, |
| since the days of large, clunky filtration machines | | | | instead of the heavy particles being drawn down |
| that used air filters to collect dust and bacteria. | | | | by gravity, the ion air purifier will draw the |
| These air filters were useful, but they could only | | | | pollutants into HEPA or carbon filters within its |
| catch the larger particles, leaving viruses and | | | | own system. |
| disconcerting odors free to disrupt your daily life. | | | | For those particles that are too small to attract |
| In order to make improvements that could | | | | negative ions, the newest purification models |
| eliminate all forms of harmful air pollution, scientific | | | | make use of electro-magnetic plates to draw the |
| studies were conducted to find a way to increase | | | | particles into the filtration system and eliminate |
| filter capacities and enable a finer system of | | | | their threat to your home. The only thing you |
| filtration. The result of these studies was a | | | | need to do is change the filter once every six or |
| filtration and purification system that can eliminate | | | | seven months, and in most cases, the ion air |
| nearly all forms of pollutants from your home | | | | purifier will even have an auto-detect to remind |
| environment: the ion air purifier. | | | | you when the filter needs changing. |
| The first ion air purifiers worked together with | | | | One final feature of the newest ion air purifiers is |
| you to create a healthier home environment. The | | | | their capacity to release ozone into your home's |
| ion air purifier would release negatively charged | | | | air supply. With the system set to release 50pp |
| ions into the air, attracting the impurities, and | | | | billion or less, the release of ozone into your home |
| thereby increasing the particles' overall mass. The | | | | environment will create a fresh, clean scent -- the |
| pollutants would then be heavy enough to be | | | | smell and feel of truly clean air. |