Watch out for those dangerous Candles!

Investigations which took place in two single family homes recently have experts observing a black residue on the walls, furniture and other contents of the household.  Mold was the prime concern of the residents of these homes.  The families were complaining of burning in their throat, nose and eyes. The parents of an asthmatic child, a son, was living In one of the homes of the concerned residents.  It was thought that their son's asthma was either caused or worsened by the unsightly black gunk that was airborne and floating around their home.

Upon further consideration and testing, experts have determined that the black material was actually soot from extensive use of candles in the homes of these residents.

So much for the ultimate in cozy indoor atmosphere! 

The AirPurifierGuru says:
Dont' burn your Candles at both ends!

Does your Plasterboard in your home contain Mold?

A recent study indicated that the fungi; Stachybotrys Chartarum and Streptomyces Califonicus could be found on the outside and inside of Plasterboard common in home construction.  These mold spores were studied by cultering the wee-beasties on the cores and linings of six different plasterboards in order to examine the effects that plasterboard and plasterboard components had on microbial growth and the bio-activity of the resultant fungal spores.  The cores were determined to support significant microbial growth.  The amount being greater than that of the plasterboard lining.  These results indicate that previously reported bioactivity or mold growth associated with the microbial growth on the plasterboard is not only due to the cardboard lining.  The core material also plays an essential role in the growth of mold spores.

The AirPurifierGuru says:

For this problem; get your home or office a filterless air purifier.

Try this product:  Biozone Pure Home residential air purifiers.

I recommend this company because they have good swift customer service and many excellent products besides the Biozone products. 

Take a look here:  www.purifymyair.com

Regarding Ozone and Air Purification:

EPA's 1999 Executive Summary Report
What is cold-plasma? The word ozone is portrayed to be poisonous and harmful to your health when in fact it is just the opposite. Other gases are manufactured in the process of making the O3 that are harmful, one being nitric oxide. Cold -plasma technology isolates the O3 molecule from all theses unwanted gases. In fact, there are numerous scientific studies to prove the results of medical use of O3. The cold-plasma technology is a process to produce refined ozone (extraction of O3 only) that may soon be recognized as the medical grade ozone that has been used in other countries for over 150 years.
Authority: Dr. Clark Thorp, Ph. D., M.D. Acting Chairman, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Armour Research foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology. "Pure Ozone is non-toxic even in concentrations as great as 20 to 50 parts per million of air." Hill, a physician specializing in industrial hygiene states, "Pure ozone is not poisonous in any sense of the word as it breaks down in contact with the mucous membrane and only oxygen remains."

What is medical grade ozone? "The politics of AIDS and Ozone" by Thomas Levy, MD from "Extraordinary Science", Jul-Sep 1994 "When ozone is formed from ordinary air exposed to electrical discharge or ultraviolet light, other toxic gasses, such as nitrogen oxides, are formed as well. Ozone therapies use ozone generated from pure, medical-grade oxygen. The toxicity question, then, is a potential point of misunderstanding. However, stating ozone has no known medical uses is nothing short of sheer lunacy."

O3 was discovered in the mid 1800's and has been used for hundreds of applications since; Purifying drinking water, fire restoration, fish hatcheries, the tropical fish industry, manufacturing, and air quality, just to name a few. In the past century, Oxygen/Ozone Therapy has been used to treat just about all kinds of illnesses, including some forms of cancer, respiratory problems, gangrene, injuries, and now HIV. There are more than 500 Files on the medical grade O3 subject with constant additions by physicians and scientists from all over the world.O3 is 5,000 times more powerful as a germicide than chlorine

Even though medical-grade O3 is harmless to humans and pets, medical grade O3 is lethal to almost all viruses, bacteria, fungi, and cancer cells. Numerous articles in scientific literature prove this fact. Medical grade O3 also will eliminate Pollens that cause eye, nose, sinus infections and allergies; Carbon Monoxide that causes headache, nausea, shortness of breath and death; Formaldehyde that causes headache, nausea, shortness of breath and asthma; Chemical Gases that causes lung damage, headache, nausea and irritations; Benzene that causes brain damage, headache, nausea, irritations; Dust Mites that cause asthma attacks, allergies, infections, fatigue and depression; Mold & Mildew that causes allergies, fatigue, depression, sinus disorders and death; Cigarette Smoke that produces 4,600 chemical compounds, and much more to list. O3 is 5,000 times more powerful as a germicide than chlorine.  O3 is 5,000 times more powerful as a germicide than chlorine.  When O3 is made by {corona} high voltage discharge and even by the cold-plasma process it produces negative ions as a byproduct.  Negative Ions transport the O3 molecule to the air borne contaminant. Purifying on the attack, it also neutralizes the positive charged dust causing it to fall to the floor and be captured in the A/C filter.

WHAT IS COLD PLASMA O3?
Activated oxygen manufactured by cold plasma generator plates is a relatively new technology that uses only the O2 molecule and because of "a no heat process" it does not produce significantly any other off gasses such as nitric oxide or other poisonous gases. It is said that because of cold plasma, man has created the most pure O3 ever made out of ambient air, perhaps pure enough for medical applications. Simply put, cold plasma breaks the O2 molecule into two single O's without using heat and forces the single O's out through a restricted space encouraging their escape through a crowded magnetic field reforming (bonding) them into O3's for a given time. Once made and thrown out into the environment, a little heat like 90 or so degrees, the (half life) of the O3 is drastically shortened. In the presence of colder air (60 degrees or less,) the half-life is prolonged to an hour to an hour and a half. The same as placing any molecules in a refrigerator (below 45 degrees) to decrease its molecular activity like milk.

The "cold" in cold plasma is meant as low electric current as opposed to "hot" a high electrical current, which of course would cause an arcing. Arcing like a welding rod causes heat thus influencing other gasses to occur from ambient air.

A capacitor holds electricity and will severely arc on a discharge. Cold plasma generation works like a capacitor (electrical holding tank) that has a regulated electrical leak allowing the high voltage to evenly bleed off constantly making very steady and safe refined O3.
 

Corporate Cover-up??  Sounds like it to me!  Read on...

I recently received a letter from a friend who is in the property insurance business. This letter should be read by everyone as it may directly affect their safety and well being.  This blurb is well worth taking the time to read; it may even save your life!

This is one of those bits of information that has not been published in the national media and, rest assured, someone, again, will suffer dire consequences for the cover-up of what must surely be going on.  The original message was written by a lady whose Brother and Sister-in-Law learned a hard lesson this past week.

Their house burned down.... nothing left but ashes.  Terrible news, however, the good news is:  They have good insurance so the house will be replaced and so will most of the contents.

The cause of the conflagration is cause for consternation because our big business buddies believe that it's more important to cover up the crap to create wealth--burn down the house for a buck, that's the motto of our beloved big business brethren.

You see; because when this poor family found out the actual cause of the fire, not only were they sick with remorse and regret, they were damned angry! 

After the insurance investigator had sifted through the ashes and remains for several hours of what had once been their house and home containing their beloved irreplaceable possessions, the cause of the fire became painfully apparent. 

This investigator traced the origins of the fire to their Master Bathroom.  He then asked her Sister-in-Law what she had plugged into the electrical socket on the bathroom wall.

She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer, etc.  Throughout his questioning, the investigator kept saying to her, "No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures".  Then her sister-in-law remembered; she had a Glade Plug-In Air Freshener, in that bathroom.

The investigator had one of those "Aha" moments. He said, absolutely, that that innocuous, innocent little 'Air Freshener' was the cause of the fire. More mind-bogglingly, he also said that he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room air fresheners than by any other cause.  He said the plastic from which these units are made is extremely THIN and volatile; in other words these crappy little units that blow chemical contamination into your home to perfume and disguise the smell of the breathable toxins floating in your air not only poison you to death, they also can burn your home to the ground.  Lovely. He also said that in every case under investigation there was nothing left to prove that this dangerous little unit even existed. 

Talk about a 'Gotcha'!!!

When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in air freshener were still in the socket.  The plug-in unit that her sister-in-law used had one of those small night lights built into it.  She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out.  She would walk in to the bathroom every few hours and would notice that the light would be back on again.  The investigator said that the unit was probably was getting exceedingly hot and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on.  So eventually... Poof... her house burns to the ground.  The scary part is that this could be anybody...maybe even you! 

Pretty high price for sweet smelling air, wouldn't you agree?

When your nice little Glade Air Freshener behaves like that, The Air Purifier Guru says: It is a warning sign--Turn is Off--Immediately!  This investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug-in fragrance device anywhere in his house.  He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them.

Your advisor:  Me, the Air Purifier Guru, says dump those junkie little air fresheners, throw them in the garbage!  They are just blowing chemical poisonous toxins into your air and you also run the risk of a dangerous fire!

The air purifier I recommend using is a Plasma-Type such as the Biozone Air Purifier.  These are the all-natural and safe method of removing bad odors and they as an added benefit they kill mold mildew and bacteria as well!  They also last for a long time as opposed to buying a new air freshener every couple of weeks.  Buying those little things are EXPENSIVE as well as dangerous!

The company I recommend for purchase of this product is Ameripure Technologies.    

Go check them out at www.purifymyair.com.

Thanks!

The Air Purifier Guru

Some Questions and Answers concerning Air Purifiers and Air Filters

Q.	What do I need to know about air filters?
A.	When we think of air pollution, we usually associate it with outdoor air. But with the growing epidemic of asthma in the United States in the last 20 years, especially among infants and children who spend most of their time inside, much attention has been given to indoor air. In fact, in 1990 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked indoor air pollution as "a high priority public health risk." The American Lung Association and the EPA both recommend three strategies for reducing indoor air pollution: Controlling sources of pollution, Ventilating adequately and Cleaning indoor air. The following are answers to some frequently asked questions about cleaning indoor air.
Q.	Will installing air filters in my home help my asthma?
A.	Although the American Lung Association and the EPA recommend air filtration, they say that controlling the sources of allergy-causing pollution and ventilation are more important. Air filters are worth considering, but not as a solution to your allergy problems by themselves. In fact, research studies disagree on whether or not filters give much added relief from asthma in a clean and well-ventilated home. While many allergenic particles are suspended in household air, there are far more resting on surfaces like rugs, furniture and countertops. Keeping these areas clean is the most important step in controlling the cause of your asthma.
Q.	Are there national health standards for air filter performance?
A.	No. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has twice asked groups of experts to recommend national standards, but neither effort succeeded. Both groups concluded that there isn't enough research data on the relationship between air filtration and actual health improvement to recommend national standards. When you shop for air filters, you will find several rating systems that claim to compare filters. But these are not health-related rating systems. They are standards used by manufacturers or manufacturers' organizations, and provide little or no guidance for the health-conscious shopper.
Q.	How can I find a quality air filter?
A.	Although the FDA has no health-related standards, it does consider some portable air filtration systems to be Class II medical devices. In the United States, nothing can claim this status without FDA approval. To get approval, a manufacturer must show two things: (1) that the device is safe, usually indicated by the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) seal, and (2) that it has a medical benefit. Look for both the UL seal and a statement of the FDA's Class II approval. If no FDA statement is available with the device, check the FDA's medical device listing before buying. Ask your doctor for guidance.
Q.	Are there different kinds of air filters?
A.	Yes. There are five basis types. Mechanical filters. These force air through a special mesh that traps particles including allergens like pollen, pet dander and dust mites. They also capture irritant particles like tobacco smoke. Electronic filters, of which the most efficient are electrostatic filters. These use electrical charges to attract and deposit allergens and irritants. If the device contains collecting plates, the particles are captured within the system. Otherwise they stick to room surfaces and have to be cleaned away. Hybrid filters. These contain the elements of both mechanical and electrostatic filters. Gas phase filters. These remove odors and non-particulate pollution like cooking gas, gasses given off by paint or building materials, and perfume. They cannot remove allergenic particles. Ozone generators. Although ozone cleans air, the EPA and the American Lung Association do not recommend these because ozone is harmful to lungs. When ozone concentration rises outdoors, people with asthma are warned to stay inside. Generating ozone in the house makes no sense.
Q.	Can filters actually "change the air" in a room?
A.	Yes. When shopping for an air filter system, look for one that can recirculate 8 or 10 room volumes per hour. This doesn't guarantee completely clean air, but it will be much cleaner than with systems that recirculate less. You should also ask about efficiency. You need a system that removes more than 90 percent of all particles larger than 0.3 microns in diameter. Most indoor allergens are larger than this, so this efficiency standard will handle them easily.
Q.	Is there a type of filter that will be best for my asthma?
A.	Yes. The most effective is a kind of mechanical filter called the high-efficiency particulate air (or HEPA) filter. (Note: This is a type of filter, not a product name.) HEPA was invented during World War II to prevent the escape of radioactive particles from laboratories. To qualify as a "true HEPA" filter, a device must be able to capture at least 90 percent of all particles 0.3 microns or more in diameter that enter it. Be aware, however, that there are filters on the market that claim to be HEPAs, but may be only half as efficient. Insist on a system that meets "true HEPA" filtration standards. This way you will be certain to get a system that removes at least 90 percent of the indoor allergen particles. The recommends that if you decide to clean indoor air, you choose a "true HEPA" filtration system.
Q.	Are HEPA filters expensive and difficult to handle?
A.	No. Up to a point, filters improve with age, since trapped particles fill spaces that later particles might get through. Eventually, though, they become clogged and costly to operate. It is easy to replace the mesh once a year for greater efficiency. Be sure to ask questions about cost, difficulty and useful life of filters in your conversation with salespeople so that you won't be surprised later with unexpected costs or difficulties.
Q.	What else should I consider before buying an air filtration system?
A.	If your home is heated or air conditioned through ducts, it may be possible to build filters into your air handling system. This has the advantage of the great force with which air will pass through the filter. And it eliminates a space-consuming appliance and an additional sound in your home. On the other hand, the filters may be more expensive and more difficult to handle; and they may need to be changed more often. Consult your doctor and your heating service on this alternative to a portable system. Questions to Ask Before Purchasing an Air Filter What substances will the cleaner remove from the air in my home? What substances will it not? What is the efficiency rating of the cleaner in relation to the "true HEPA" standard? Will the unit clean the air in a room the size of my bedroom every four to six minutes? What is the device's clean air delivery rate (CADR)? How difficult is it to change the filter? (Ask for demonstration.) How often does it have to be changed? How much do filters cost? Are they readily available throughout the year? How much noise does the unit make? Is it quiet enough to run while I sleep? (Turn it on and try it, even though you will probably be in a noisy place.)