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Re:Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick... by stevenwoo on Sunday August 25, 2024 @12:14PM (#41348444)
There's also the accidental study of air filters where the outside air quality was not that bad. study https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-188 background https://wfis.org/installing-air-filters-in-classrooms-has-su...
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Re:Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick... by amluto on Sunday August 25, 2024 @01:43PM (#41349400)
Wow. That paper made no effort to even contemplate whether the improvement was related to reduced particulate matter or to reduced organic gasses. The filters were installed in response to a gas leak — one would imagine they were carbon filters.

Sadly, the literature on the effect of gas concentrations on human intellectual function is incredibly muddy.

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