Electronic Air Filters And Ozone. The potential for electrostatic air cleaners to produce ozone should be seriously considered as you look into this option. Airborne particles germs and bacteria and chemical odors and vapors.
They may have a very small pre filter for dust or hair but otherwise they are completely ineffective at removing airborne allergens like mold and pollen. Air purifiers using negative ions have little air cleansing effect and even emit high level ozone that can cause respiratory illnesses a government test has found. In extensive testing of electronic air cleaners performance both in test chambers and in actual homes under normal operating conditions ozone levels measured are in the range of 005 to 020 parts per million ppm well below indoor safety levels set by the food and drug.
When a filter is not clean it allows more dirt into the rest of the system and into your home.
There is no difference despite some marketers claims between ozone in smog outdoors and ozone produced by these devices. By contrast those with filters proved effective at improving indoor air quality and only discharged moderate levels of ozone the government said after examining 45 products on sale. You can use it in the office bedroom or even in the nursery. Look for purifiers that don t generate ozone such as the pureair air purification system which actually reduces ozone generated by other sources in your home in fact it addresses all three types of indoor air pollutants.
