Tag Archives: air

air purifier dust

Summer has been replaced by the sounds of fall – the wind rustling through the changing leaves, the cheers at football games, and the coughing and sneezing of congestion, colds and flus. When the weather turns colder, cold and flu viruses take advantage of weakening immune systems everywhere. Studies show that the average person contracts [...]

air purifier carbon filter

Will an activated carbon filter working in conjuction with a HEPA filter successfully filter pesticides?

I have neighbors that excessively use pesticides on their lawn. Being concerned that some of these poisons might be permeated into my home, I purchased the 5000 series Vocarb from AllerAir to set in my bedroom. It has..
Filtration System: Vocarb Carbon, [...]

air purifier with ionizer

Does air travelling via a simple fan (no ionizer) through an electrostatic filter (like Filtrete) get ionized?

Just to clarify a prior question, I had; I’ve heard that ionized air can be potentially harmful (i.e. free radicals) so I want to avoid air cleaners that ionize air. The 3M Filtrete electrostatic polyolefin-based filters (very common in [...]