| urifiers are a kind of frenzy now with everyone | | | | This has led the EPA to conclude that the air |
| either having one or planning to buy one. There | | | | inside buildings may be actually many times impure |
| are different kinds of air purifiers available for the | | | | than the air outside. |
| consumer – the ionic air purifier, the HEPA | | | | Such revelations have led many to buy the air |
| ones and also the UV air purifiers. | | | | purifiers as they don’t want to take any |
| The levels of air pollution are pretty alarming to | | | | chances with the health of themselves or their |
| say the least. The Journal of the American Medical | | | | families. The purifiers are built to purify the air of |
| Association has observed that about half the | | | | the particulates and the harmful toxins that |
| people in the country breathe in air which are | | | | remain suspended in the air. There have been |
| polluted beyond the accepted levels. There is a | | | | different kinds of air purifiers that have been |
| definite threat of lung diseases as a consequence | | | | launched over the years. While some work on the |
| of this. | | | | principle of ionizing the particulates and thereby |
| There are about 50 million Americans who have | | | | capturing them, some are based on the filtration |
| some sort of allergic problem and there are over | | | | process where the air is filtered through tiny |
| 20 million Americans who are troubled by asthma. | | | | pores but the particulates are trapped. There are |
| And these numbers don’t show any signs | | | | also the UV air purifiers which are built specifically |
| of decreasing. In fact the opposite is true. | | | | to tackle the problem of bacteria and viruses. A |
| A major cause of air pollution is the Sick Building | | | | recent introduction to the range of air purifiers is |
| Syndrome which is a result of the different | | | | the ozone air purifier which releases ozone into |
| materials used in the construction of a new | | | | the air to purify it. While the free radical of the |
| building and the pollution they create. These | | | | ozone combines with an organic substance in the |
| substances include glue, insulating materials, | | | | air, the rest is released as oxygen. |
| cardboard, and fiberglass. Then there are the | | | | This increase in demand for air purifiers has led to |
| chemical substances which are being released by | | | | a tremendous boom in the industry which is |
| the electronic gadgets, carpets, furniture, | | | | seeing a phenomenal growth and the annual sales |
| upholstery, etc. | | | | has already crossed the $100 million mark. |