Indoor air pollution also includes VOC's, (volatile organic compounds), and other toxins which are gases. They can trigger allergies, various health problems, and may cause odors.
Basic Facts and Research Regarding Ultraviolet Energy or UV Light.
The Chemical Free design is based on accumulated research data and actual experience from General Electric Corporation Lamp Division's research laboratories. All ultraviolet energy is measured in nanameters and the wavelengths are shorter than visible light. Therefore UV energy is invisible to the human eye. The wavelengths of ultraviolet generated by the VitalAIR germicidal lamp are in the 254 nm. range, making them lethal to the bioaerosols described above.
"Mutant strains of microbials have become resistant to the antibiotics formerly used to control them. Deaths from infectious diseases caused by these germs is now the third leading cause of death in the United States" --- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Air is gas that consists of free molecules in the ratio of about 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.3% carbon dioxide and traces of helium, neon, other gases and water vapor. There are also contaminants which are described as: Solid, Germ & Gas Phase Contaminants.
These contaiminants are concentrated in the indoor air we breathe. The 1973 oil embargo created the need for energy conservation. We tightened up the envelope of our buildings where we spend 90% of our time and locked these pollutants inside. We also created new sources of indoor poluution when pressed wood products came into use. Toxin gases escape from many of these newer products, causing sickness incidences previously unknown to most people.
Mold and mildew spores saturate the indoor air and are the most common particle pollutant in buildings. Mold is a fungus that grows on living things such as aging fruit, old bread, meat, ect. It can be controlled by exercising resonable attention to cleanliness. Mildew however, flourishes usually in unseen and inaccessible places. The spores are released in the millions. Mold and mildew present a significant threat to people's health according to the World Health Organization.
Solid Phase - Organic and Inorganic Particulate - 35% of all allergies are caused by particles which must be collected by a highly efficient air cleaner.
CDC recommends the use of a HEPA filter for collecting very small particles. These particles must be controlled otherwise they provide a shadowing effect for the microorganisms when they are carried through the UV radiation by the airflow, mainly by water droplets. This shadowing effect protects them from the UV radiation and destruction.
Standard HEPA filters are not a practical solution for use in a residence due to limitations of the average furnace fan motor. PremierOne HEPA systems have their own motor which overcomes this problem.
Germ Phase - 34% of the cause of allergies Microorganisms - Living things that must be controlled by UV Germicidal Energy.
Gas Phase - 31% of the cause of allergies Volatile Organic Compounds - Gases & Toxins, some even odorless, that must be oxidized by ozone.
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