| Considering ionic air purifiers for lung disease? | | | | certain tasks, and humans are more alert. |
| According to the Journal of American Medical | | | | So ionic air purifiers work similarly to combat air |
| Association, new evidence has shown that air | | | | pollution and improve the overall health of people. |
| pollution increases the risk of lung disease. What | | | | The concept behind ionic air purifiers is something |
| are these air pollutions? The three types of air | | | | we learned from junior high. An ion is an atom or |
| pollution are particles, volatile organic compounds | | | | molecule that has either lost or gained one or |
| (VOCs) and bioburden. Particles are air pollutants | | | | more electrons after interaction with another |
| that have mass like dust, dander, pollen and | | | | positively or negatively charged particle. Ionic air |
| cigarette smoke. VOCs, on the other hand, are | | | | purifiers work in this way. They contain negative |
| gases from chemicals that are released into the | | | | ion generators that charge airborne particles so |
| air by various household materials and liquids. The | | | | that the particles become attracted to and settle |
| third kind of pollution, bioburden, is the amount of | | | | on room surfaces, thus removing harmful particles |
| biological material in the air, living or dead. These | | | | from the air that you breathe. In order not to |
| dead and living materials can cause allergic | | | | release the particles back into the air due to room |
| reactions. | | | | activity, many ionic air purifiers contain |
| Back in 1974, the Swiss Meteorological Institute | | | | electrostatic precipitation that trap particles on |
| first studied problems related to seasonal winds in | | | | oppositely charged metal plates. |
| various places on earth. Researchers wanted to | | | | There are stand-alone ionic air purifiers as well as |
| find out the cause of physical and mental effects | | | | centralized whole house electrostatic air purifiers |
| such as headaches, depression and even heart | | | | that can be installed in the heating and air condition |
| attacks. They noticed that the common | | | | paths. Places that are best for ionic air purifiers |
| denominator in all these wind variants was the | | | | are those areas where infection potential needs |
| type of electrical charge of the ions in the air. | | | | to be kept down. These include areas for surgery |
| They found the culprit in very high concentration | | | | in medical establishments, manufacturing areas for |
| of positive ions. On the other hand, the air quality | | | | pharmaceuticals, public restrooms, public transport |
| near waterfalls, in the mountains or after a spring | | | | vehicles, cars and private rooms. |
| rain was found to have high amounts of negative | | | | The capacity of an ionic air purifier is measured in |
| ions. Scientific studies concluded that negatively | | | | the number of air changes per hour or the time |
| charged ions have positive effects on living | | | | taken for a unit to provide clean air in a given |
| organisms. Plants grow faster and healthier, lab | | | | space. They are generally designed to draw |
| animals are calmed and more able to perform | | | | current from a main source of electric power. |