Air Purifier: An alarming need to invest in your health
Air pollution has become the world’s single biggest environmental health risk, linked to around 7 million deaths in 2012 according to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report. The new data further reveals a stronger link between, indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and ischemic heart disease, as well as between air pollution and cancer. The role of air pollution in the development of respiratory diseases, including acute respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, is well known. While both indoor and outdoor pollution affect health, recent statistics on the impact of household indoor pollutants (HAP) is alarming. The WHO factsheet on HAP and health states that 3.8 million premature deaths annually – including stroke, ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are attributed to exposure to household air pollution. Use of air cleaners and filters are one of the suggested strategies to improve indoor air quality. This review discusses the impact of air pollutants with special focus on indoor air pollutants and the benefits of air filters in improving indoor air quality.
Air purifiers: The future of tackling indoor air pollution
The global Covid-19 epidemic, from the initial strain to the Delta and Omicron variants, has put air purifiers in the spotlight. a specialist in indoor air quality since 2009, has a long experience and hindsight on the evolution of these devices. Their primary function is to filter and purify the air. Since spring 2020, our EOLIS Air Manager models have been used to fight coronavirus, particularly in hospitals, schools and companies, and are at the cutting edge of innovation and technology. Within the framework of preventive health measures, they make it possible to complement aeration or ventilation with purification, while guaranteeing safety. A general presentation of these purification devices and a focus on the particularities of the brand.
What are the objectives of an air purifier?
Limit the spread of harmful residues or allergic or even viral elements, prevent asthma or allergy problems linked to poor indoor air quality in people at risk (children, elderly or sensitive people).
An air purifier, not to be confused with an air ioniser or an air humidifier, can be used in a preventive and/or curative way, at home, in closed offices, open spaces or coworking places, shops, hairdressing salons, hotels or restaurants, medical and para-medical practices… By extension, as a result of Covid-19, it is becoming increasingly important in schools, hospitals, the medical and paramedical sector, the tertiary sector, etc.
How does an air purifiers work?
The purifier filters the indoor air and purifies it, removing the various sources of pollution and pollutants.
This air purification goes through several steps. Firstly, the purifier sucks in the air in the room in order to retain the particles. The air is then passed through various filters that retain the different types of pollutants present in the air.
Depending on the performance of your air purifier, it will be able to treat different volumes of air associated with the size of your rooms (bedroom, living room, dining room), offices, common areas, open spaces, etc.