subject: Danger - Best Ionic Air Purifiers [print this page] By"best ionic air purifiers", I amnot talking aboutusing ozone air purifiers in your house! Whilea lot of these warningsmay apply to all air purifiers , in general (i.e., thenon-residential variety) as well, I don't alotconcerning the non-residential type of air purifier.
I honestly thinkthat WE ALLshouldown some form of ionic air purifier in our homes. Why? Well, there are a number of medical conditionswhich canbe avoided by cleaning the air in your home:
Allergies
Asthma
Emphysema
Eye Irritation
Not to mention thereduced probabilityof experiencingsome of these and other conditions:
Outstanding, but ozone air purifiers can'tbe used in occupied areas! How come? To see whyyou mustunderstandhow theyattract airborne contaminates. These purifiers actuallycreateozone gas... yes that's the same gas you'vebeen concernedabout over the past decade, which most believehas single-handedly caused global warming!Ozone air purifiermakers meant wellthough.
Ozone gas is actuallyvery effective in "cleaning air". The gas actually reacts chemicallywith the contaminates inyour houseto eliminate micro-organisms and pull other contaminates from the air.
One problem though...ozone gas can actually beharmful in large quantities, not just to our environment, but tohumansalso. Why? Because the same wayozonereacts chemicallywith organic material in the air, it also chemically reactswith living material in our bodies! With limited exposure,ozone irritates your respiratory system. Thiscan result insuch symptoms ascoughing, sore throatand even pain. Increasedexposure will further limit your lung functions. Thismight lead to difficulty breathing, increasedprobability ofinfectionsand even permanent lung damage. Exactly! So maybe your homesmells better and doesn't have as many organismsfloating through the air, but you can barely take inthe new fresher airbecause younow have lung cancer!?
That's not a trade off I'm willing to make....What's your take?
