| It's nice to be able to breathe--that's something | | | | throwers, and mustard gas. A few years later the |
| we take for granted sometimes. However, for | | | | Ebola plague in Africa drew attention to the need |
| almost two hundred years scientists, researchers, | | | | for electronic generator air filters / purifiers. |
| doctors, and businesses have worked diligently to | | | | Corona Discharge Systems (CDS) used a spark |
| allow people the every day luxury of breathing. | | | | to convert oxygen to ozone and allowed victims |
| Today with almost ten million asthma suffers | | | | the gift of clean air to breathe. |
| alone, air purifiers are offering allergy sufferers, | | | | Over the last twenty years the terms MCS - |
| firefighters, soldiers, coal miners, hospital workers, | | | | Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and ETS - |
| PC manufacturers, factory workers, etc. the | | | | Environmental Tobacco Smoke have become an |
| opportunity to breathe easier with an absolute | | | | integral part of air filtration / purification |
| plethora of products. Air purifiers and cleaners | | | | technology. Early filtration focused on toxic |
| have evolved by leaps and bounds from the | | | | chemicals, noxious gas, and foul orders while more |
| original "inhalers" and "lung protectors" of the early | | | | modern filtration devices focused on mold, |
| days and continue to evolve to meet the | | | | viruses, bacteria. The need for the air purification |
| constant need to breathe. | | | | devices has expanded over the years to include |
| In the early 1800's, John and Charles Dean | | | | protection against fabric chemicals, perfumes, |
| developed a mask for firefighters that allowed | | | | building materials, pesticides, dust mites, pollen, |
| them to charge into burning buildings without being | | | | food odors, along with the plain ole' desire for |
| overcome with smoke fumes. Along the same | | | | fresh air. |
| time, breathing masks for divers and coal miners | | | | The 1980's brought attention to the concept of a |
| were also being developed. In the early 1850's, | | | | dust free environment. HEPA filters screen 99.7% |
| John Stenhouse developed a charcoal based filter | | | | of all 0.3 micron breathing offenders. Newer |
| which became the first gas mask. The original | | | | developments such as nebulizers for asthma |
| breathing masks and gas masks focused on | | | | patients and AHPCO ' Advanced Hydrated |
| filtering out specific enemies using an approach | | | | Photocatalytic Technical Quad Catalyst Ultraviolet |
| called High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA). The | | | | Cells have helped bring filtration rates to 99.7% of |
| addition of charcoal to the filtration system was a | | | | all microns 0.1 and larger. The Hepa air cleaner |
| huge advancement because the charcoal filtered | | | | now act as air purifiers using granular carbon |
| multiple toxins. | | | | filters, among many other types, to cleanse the |
| World War II brought about one of the largest | | | | air of as many unwanted pollutants as possible. |
| advancements in air filtration / purification history | | | | The number of applications has grown over the |
| with the Manhattan Project. This project focused | | | | years, along with the technology and development |
| scientists and government funding on developing a | | | | of the air filtration and purification process. Thanks |
| breathing apparatus that would protect soldiers | | | | to almost two hundred years of research, the |
| from which was later revealed to be the atomic | | | | end result is the fulfillment of the simple desire to |
| b*mb. That development prompted further | | | | breathe. |
| advancements to combat chlorine gas, flame | | | | |