Comment by User asekz on Thu 30 Jul 2009 - 1:08 am UTC:

Exposure to air pollution is an important risk factor for cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality, and is associated with increased blood pressure,
reduced heart rate variability, endothelial dysfunction and myocardial
ischaemia. Our objectives were to assess the cardiovascular effects of
reducing air pollution exposure by wearing a facemask.

Flu virus, bacteria, mold spores, pollen, dander, and dust mites are common
bioaerosols Biological pollutants and other airborne pathogens and
bioaerosols in health-care environments pose a particular risk to
immunocompromised patients who may inhale fungal spores, bacteria and
viruses. Airborne microorganisms can not only complicate recovery from
surgery, but can also lead to life-threatening infections,costing
health-care services hundreds of millions every year.

Based on my experience the best air purifier to date is the IQAIR. Some
characteristics that makes IQAIR the Ferrari of air purifiers is an
astonishing HEPA filtration efficiency of 99% down to 0.1 micron. This is
quite remarkable. Remember HEPA filtration is important to kill live
bacteria.

IQAIR purifiers are also endorsed by the American Lung Association and
produce no hazardous Ozone gas like some ionic air purifiers.They were
chosen and EN-1822 tested. The IQAir's hepa air filters are the best home
air purifier filters in the world as proven by EN-1822 air purifier
comparison The IQAir HealthPro is the first home air purifier to pass the
world's most stringent HEPA filter test, known as EN 1822. The IQ Air
Health Pro is used in thousands of laboratories and hospitals, and IQ Air
brings certified performance to the home or office. With IQ Air's EN 1822
certification, the IQ Air HealthPro is proven to filter up to 100 times
more allergens and more pollution particles than conventional HEPA air
purifiers. The IQAir Health Pro purifier is certified as the world's most
efficient HEPA air cleaner in its class. The IQAir HealthPro purifiers
Incorporate H12/13 class certified HEPA filters, normally used in
multi-million dollar cleanrooms. In fact, while other Hepa air purifiers
are rated only for particles down to 0.3 microns, IQAir purifiers have been
found to remove particles down to 0.01 microns with close to 99%
efficiency. IQAir consistently exceeds expectations and that is why they
are the best air purifier on the market today. More information about HEPA
filter EN-1822 certification and how it proves which is the best air
purifier.


IQAir Portable HEPA-Systems can Effectively Reduce Infection Risk.One such
preventive control measure is the filtration of the air within a
susceptible patient´s room. Such devices have shown to effectively reduce
the concentration of aspergillus spores (which range in size from 1.5 µm
to 6 µm) to below measurable levels. Even tiny airborne particles such as
viruses and bacteria can be removed from the air with over 99% efficiency
by advanced HEPA air cleaning systems. IQ Air purifiers are proven to be
the best air purifier for such filtration. The CDC recommends that only
HEPA-filters that have “a demonstrated and documented minimum removal
efficiency of 99.97% of particles ≥ 0.3 µm in diameter should be used
for infection control purposes. Very few HEPA-systems provide this
efficiency guarantee. IQAir is one of the very few.

The IQAir Series consists of several modular filter systems, each optimised
to deal with a different range of airborne contaminants or aiming to fulfil
a specific air hygiene requirement.The IQAir Chemisorber for instance has
the primary function to filter aldehydes, while the IQAir Cleanroom H13 is
dedicated to the removal of airborne microoganisms (e.g. bacteria, viruses
& spores).

In my twelve years of experience with home and commercial building indoor
air quality and contaminated indoor air quality testing, I usually end up
recommending the IQAir HealthPro purifier to my clients because it’s the
best air purifier I have seen. Being an experienced Environment Assessor, I
deal with asthma and allergy sufferers every day and knows that most of the
time the problem can be solved with an effective home air purifier; one
which filters out the smallest of gas molecules and sub 0.3 micron
particles with near 100% efficiency. They know that if a home air purifier
isn't able to do this, it's not going to filter out 90% of the most
damaging indoor air pollutants. IQAir HealthPro is one of the only home air
purifiers PROVEN to be the best air purifier available for this difficult
to achieve level of filtration.

The IQAIR HealthPro Plus comes with a price tag of $939.00 but the
investment is well worth the money.

Comment by Researcher admin on Thu 30 Jul 2009 - 9:42 am UTC:

Hi wp_ca,

Just to avoid any confusion: the above comment is posted by a member of the
public and not by a Uclue researcher. It's full of puffery, but we'll leave
it up for a while in case there's anything of interest to you.

To asekz: The customer (wp_ca) has asked for input from a scientist with a
background in toxicology. If you have any information from such a person
(with sources to back it up) feel free to post it.

Best Regards,
Uclue Customer Care