Dictionary of Allergies .. Air cleaner

Air cleaner

Modern air cleaners are 99% efficient, trapping pollen, spores and other pollutants as small as six microns. The standard furnace filter or an electrostatic air filter can't begin to match that kind of performance. Modern air cleaners produce no ozone, require no electricity, and are virtually maintenance-free. In asthmatic children sensitised to cat or dog and with domestic exposure to these animals, the application f air cleaners in living-room and bedroom during three months was accompanied by a significant improvement of airway hyperresponsiveness and small decrease of peak flow amplitude.

References

Van der Heide, s et al: clinical effects ofair cleaners on asthmatic children sensitized and exposed to pets. The Annual Meeting of EAACI, Brussels, Belgium, July 3-7, 1999. Allergy, suppl. 52:54:61, 1999