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-Back- There are many
problems associated with ionizers. To perform air cleaning,
meaning removing larger particles of dust, you need a very large
amount of ions. More than has been recognized as a safe level.
According to air science, indoor air has 100 to 200 ions per
cubic cm, outdoor fresh air has 200 to 500 ions per cubic cm,
and a fresh clean forest will have 1,500 to 5,000 ions per cubic
cm.
Ion generators typically produce more than 1,000,000 to
10,000,000 per cubic cm. This is too much. This large
amount of ions are needed to push the particles to the walls and
floor. In fact for ionization to be truly effective, ionizers
must generate so many ions that they can cause headaches and
sore throats.
Will an ionizer
help with mold problems and odors?
- Absolutely not! Ionizers don't kill any organisms,
therefore they will have no effect on mold or mold odors.
- If you smell mold in your home, you have mold. Mold
Medical studies have found that mold & mildew are the #1
causes of allergic symptoms.
- The Black Mold Stachybotrys found in homes, offices, and
schools has been linked to fatal pulmonary disorders.
Why do ionizers produce that
fresh clean smell, and isn't that enough?
- No, a fresh smell is no substitute for air purifying.
- Ionizers also produce a very small amount of ozone which
can contribute to a fresh spring like smell.
- The electrically charged air produced from an ionizer
can smell very fresh.
- The problem is that it is only a temporary fix. As soon
as the ionizer is turned off the effect is essentially over.
- With an ozone generator odors can literally be killed so
that when it is turned off the odors are vanished not simply
being "covered up".
- Ozone Generators can also be used to give high ozone
"shock treatments" to unoccupied areas.
- These high ozone treatments are very effective in
killing odor producing organisms.
- Once the organisms are killed by a high ozone shock
treatment, or a series of shock treatments, the odor will be
removed, not just covered up by the temporary effects of
ionization.
- A room that has had a high ozone shock treatment for a
few hours the night before will smell much fresher than a
room with an ionizer constantly running!
What is the Ionizer Black Wall
Effect?
- All ionizers cause the dreaded "black wall effect" where
they will turn your walls black with dust.
- Some ionizer manufacturers claim that their ionizers
will not cause the ionizer black wall effect.
- This is simply not true.
- If a machine is a true ionizer then the dust particles
the ions come in contact to must, by the laws of physics,
adhere to the nearest positively charged surface.
- That is usually your walls floor and ceiling.
- Some say the dust merely drops to the floor to be
vacuumed up later.
- Once again that is what they would like you to believe,
but is simply not true.
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