Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthier and smarter

Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by r00fus on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:39AM (#28083377)

Ionic means ozone generation. The idea with charged filtration is that microbic particles are attracted to the filter. However, ozone is a lung irritant.

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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by eurasiantiger on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:38AM (#28083682)

> Ionic means ozone

No it doesn’t. Who told you that? Ozone generators are a completely different thing and air ionizers must conform to low ozone emission standards.

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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by dragonwriter on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:11AM (#28083859)

> > Ionic means ozone

> No it doesn’t.

Yes, it does.

> Who told you that?

Among others, the EPA [0].

> Ozone generators are a completely different thing

They are, but ionizing air cleaners still generate ozone even though they are different than “ozone generators”. [0, again]

> and air ionizers must conform to low ozone emission standards.

No, only the small minority that claim health benefits in a manner which brings them under FDA medical device regulatory authority do. [0, again.] But even those so regulated in ozone emissions are net ozone generators.

[0] https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/what-are-ionizers...

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