| Personal air purifiers are something that every | | | | with both types of filters to clean even more of |
| person should consider having in their homes. The | | | | the air in the best ways that are known. These |
| EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) tells us | | | | are a bit more expensive, but the clean air |
| that the air inside our homes is up to five times | | | | benefits may be worth the extra money. You will |
| more polluted than the air outside. Indoor air | | | | have to change the filters regularly or the unit |
| contains pollutants such as bacteria, allergens, mold | | | | won't perform optimally. Make sure to find a unit |
| spores, pet dander, and much more. And you are | | | | that lets you know that the filter needs changed |
| breathing all of this stuff into your body right | | | | for the best performance and to keep you from |
| along with the 3,400 gallons of air that you | | | | wasting money by changing the filter too often. |
| breathe every single day. | | | | Fresh air outside is made fresh by the production |
| Indoor air is not healthy air for anybody, but it is | | | | of negative ions, which is what an ionic air purifier |
| even less healthy for somebody with allergies or | | | | does inside your home. Yes, they have filters, |
| respiratory illnesses, and it is important to keep | | | | too, but they are permanent filters that can just |
| the air in our homes clean. Clean indoor air can | | | | be wiped clean and reinserted into the machine. |
| also help to prevent some respiratory illnesses by | | | | These personal air purifiers might be more |
| keeping out much of the bacteria that we | | | | expensive than a filtered machine, but you save |
| breathe into our lungs. The American Lung | | | | the cost of replacing the filters. |
| Association has set forth clean house guidelines | | | | Many air purifiers have filters or ionic technology |
| that pertain to the air that we breathe inside our | | | | along with UV light technology. The ultraviolet light |
| homes. | | | | does two things. It releases a small amount of |
| Air cleaners can eliminate almost 100% of the | | | | ozone to clean the air and it deodorizes the air by |
| pollutants and particles in the air inside our homes, | | | | killing the odor causing bacteria that linger around |
| depending on what kind of air purifier you get and | | | | after you cook or smoke or bring the dogs in |
| where it is placed. There are a few different | | | | from the rain. |
| types of purifiers to choose from. You can | | | | Personal air purifiers can range in price from a |
| choose one with a carbon or HEPA filter, one with | | | | few dollars to a few thousand dollars. Even if you |
| ionic technology, or one with ultraviolet light and | | | | can't afford the top of the line purifiers, it is a |
| ozone production. | | | | good idea to have something cleaning the air in |
| Filtered purifiers are great options, particularly if | | | | your home, for your comfort and your health. |
| the filters are carbon and/or HEPA. Some come | | | | Can you afford not to? |