An Ionic Air Purifier: Can It Do More Harm Than Good?
Several years ago, “Consumer Reports” magazine undertook an informed and objective appraisal of ionic air purifiers. They concluded that a generally healthy individual would actually be better off without one, even though they did comment that such air purifiers could come in handy for those suffering from serious health issues such as asthma, acute allergies or bronchitis.
If you have been considering purchasing an ionic air purifier simply for the sake of it and you don’t have any type of acute breathing problems as noted earlier, then forget it – you could wind up doing yourself some real damage.
In the first place, there really isn’t anything so small in the environment doing you any harm that an ionic air purifier could eradicate.
It is firmly suggested by “Consumer Reports” and quite a few other reviews that healthy people should not use one of these types of purifiers. The sole exclusion to this was for a non-smoker who had the misfortune of living with a person who smokes. The only real remedy for this is to either encourage the smoker to quit cigarettes or move out of the house, however until the time that either of these occurs, an ionic air purifier will help minimize the smell and irritation caused by the smoker.
The use of an ionic air purifier should only be by those who will receive health advantages from it and even then its use needs to be kept to a minimum. Using one merely because you have one can jeopardize the planet and add to the global warming issue, not to mention the harm it will do to your lungs and bronchial tract.
Ionic air purifiers work by generating ozone. Yes, you have heard of this before. It is the same kind of ozone that produced the holes in our planet’s outer protective atmospheric layer and in large amounts it’s toxic. When you have an ionic air purifier you are in contact with seriously high emissions of ozone and it has been demonstrated that individuals have ozone in the lungs when utilizing ionic air purifiers.
To recap, there is a great deal of unsupported hype when it relates to air purifiers, whatever type they are. Rather than demanding technology and medicine to save us from the problems we encounter, we really should be concentrating on halting global warming and not having to depend on electronic gadgets to permit us to inhale clean air into our lungs.
Air cleaners and purifiers are becoming ever more necessary as pollution levels rise and more people are developing allergies and asthma. But it’s not as simple as going to the store and asking for an air cleaner. There are several different technologies available, and what you choose will depend on your particular circumstances. Learn how to get the the right model for your needs at Home Air Purifiers: The Facts.
Posted on December 1, 2009 by Admin
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