Why not invest the time now to discover how you can achieve truly clean air and how you can avoid the costly mistakes most people make when they buy air purifiers.
Your first step to buying an air purifier that really works is discovering your real enemies.
As troubling as they are, these are not your worst enemies...
Not Dust Mites
Not Pollen
Not Pet Dander
Not Bacteria
Not Mold
Your First Key to buying the best air purifier is understanding that ultrafine particles are the greatest threat to your health. Removing them is critical yet few home air purifiers meet the challenge. I'll show you the ones that do...
Ultrafine particle removal - The standard for top air purifiers
If you want to buy an air purifier that really works then your research needs to go beyond the widely available subjective and often deceptive air purifier ratings.
Why?
Because what air purifier reviews don't tell you is that most air purifiers are incapable of removing the ultrafine particles that matter most to your health.
Even respected consumer guides fail to rate air purifiers in a way that reveals true top performers. See our article, Consumer Reports on Air Purifiers as a case in point.
Why rate air purifiers for ultrafine particle removal? Because the latest research reveals how devastating they are to your health
Researchers categorize particles as coarse (PM10), fine (PM2.5) and ultrafine.
 Is your home air purifier a dust collector or a high efficiency ultrafine particle trap?
Coarse particles fall between 2.5 microns and 10 microns.Coarse particles usually become trapped in the nose and throat causing sinus irritation and allergies. Many air cleaners target these but give little relief because of low efficiency and inadequate air changes.
Fine particles are 2.5 microns or smaller. These are more damaging, passing into the lungs and depositing in the alveoli. Many air cleaners fail to trap these.
Ultrafine particles are smaller than 0.1 micron and can traverse lung membranes, enter the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body. These are the most toxic of all. Your air purifier must be able to eliminate these particles.
How Fine and Ultrafine Particles Affect Your Health
Whether exposure to fine and ultrafine particle pollution lasts a few hours, a few days or for years, your health suffers greatly.
Particle pollution diminishes lung function, causes greater use of asthma medications and increased school absenteeism, emergency room visits and hospital admissions.
The latest studies link short-term increases in particle pollution to health effects like:
- Death from respiratory and cardiovascular causes, including strokes 1,2,3
- Increased numbers of heart attacks, especially among the elderly and in people with heart conditions 4
- Inflammation of lung tissue in young, healthy adults 5
- Increased hospitalization for cardiovascular disease 6,7
- Increased emergency room visits for patients with acute respiratory ailments 8
- Increased hospitalization for asthma attacks among children 9,10,11,14
- Increased severity of asthma attacks in children 12
Long-term exposure to particle pollution may cause premature births and serious respiratory disorders even when particle levels are very low. Additional effects of breathing particle pollution long-term:
- Shortened life by one to three years. 13
- Slowed lung function growth in children and teenagers 15,16
- Significant damage to the small airways of the lungs 17
- Increased risk of dying from lung cancer 18
- Increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease 19
Use These Facts to Compare Air Purifiers
Is the air purifier you're considering capable of efficiently removing particles smaller than 2.5 micron including ultrafine particles smaller than 0.1 micron?
If not then you're certainly not going to realize the health benefits you need.
But which type of air purifier should you consider? With so many advertisements clamoring for your attention how can you separate the real performers from the hype?
Knowing how well different types of air purifiers perform can help you eliminate 90% of them from consideration, making your job much simpler.
With the clear standard of ultrafine particle removal in mind I invite you to continue our discussion by Comparing different types of air purifiers.
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