Air Purifier Reviews

“The EPA says that indoor air quality is a leading health issue. Improve the air you breathe with the new ATMOSPHERE Air Purifier.” – Billy Florence

Grand Rapids, Mich., July 7, 2005 – Billy Florence, President of The Independent Business Owners Association International (IBOAI, www.iboai.com), announced the Trade Association’s endorsement for the new ATMOSPHERE™ Air Purifier from Quixtar (www.quixtar.com).

“Our members, Independent Business Owners powered by Quixtar, have come to expect high quality products that support their businesses,” says Billy Florence. “The new ATMOSPHERE Air Purifier is a great addition to Quixtar’s product line.”

“Health is a main focus of many IBOs’ businesses,” adds Billy Florence. “And health goes beyond exercising and eating right. The quality of the air you breathe can also impact your well being,” notes Florence.

The ATMOSPHERE Air Purifier transforms your environment with its best-in-class performance, feature conveniences, and purification power that effectively eliminates 99.9% of the impurities in the air, down to .007 microns.

“With the CLARUS™ Filtration system which combines a pre-filter, a HEPA filter, and an activated carbon filter with a surface area large enough to cover 226 soccer fields, the ATMOSPHERE Air Purifier effectively removes greater than 99.9% of airborne pollutants that pass through the filter,” states Florence.

“The ATMOSPHERE offers many convenient features such as the whisper-quiet PUREFLOW™ system and INTELLISENSE technology which automatically monitors and protects your home’s air quality,” explains Billy Florence. “And with the turbo power function you’ll be able to clean the air in a 390 square-foot room within 30 minutes.”

“The ATMOSPHERE Air Purifier is available exclusively from our association members, Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in the United States and Canada, powered by Quixtar,” says Billy Florence.

About the IBOAI

“The official Trade Association, IBOAI is dedicated to serving and protecting the interests of Quixtar powered Independent Business Owners (IBOs) throughout North America,” states Billy Florence. Governed by a Board of Directors, the IBOAI:

• Protects the best interests of IBOs and serves as an advocate in IBO issues.

• Promotes and protects the integrity of the Independent Business Ownership Plan.

• Ensures that the business opportunity today is as good or better for future generations.

• Acts as an advisory group to Quixtar Inc. and Quixtar Canada Corp.

The IBOAI Board of Directors Executive Committee includes IBOs Bill Florence, President, Greg Duncan, Vice President, Don Wilson, Secretary/Treasurer, Fred Harteis, Past President, Jody Victor, Angelo Nardone, Steve Woods, Tim Foley, and Mark Crawford.

EEG has built up a strong reputation as an NGO that tackles diverse environmental issues and brings them to public attention through a series of wonderful lectures addressed by leading experts and specialists.

It has taken the voluntary organization a lot of effort to organize these powerful lectures year after year, bringing a range of local and foreign speakers to a single platform.

This year EEG is striving to highlight the initiatives taken up by the corporate sector to address eco-protection and give leverage to laudable efforts. EEG sees the private sector as a source of great strength in the battle for a clean and green environment.

At a time when the actions and activities of businesses and industries have begun to worry environmentalists all over the world because of the environmental fall outs, EEG is endeavoring hard to integrate these resourceful sections.

The latest attempt to showcase an eco-friendly and healthy initiative came through in the General Meeting or community lecture held on June 28 in the Sheraton Hotel by the Dubai creek.

The lecture was entitled “Ozone - the chemical free alternative” and was delivered by the keynote speaker, Mr. Ken Holdaway of Ozone International, a global company that has recently started operations in the UAE.

Contaminated water and air causes millions of cases of illness and death all around the world annually. Indeed indoor air pollution is said to be one of the three most serious human health threats.

The presence of chemicals is required to preserve the quality and durability of essential goods and services like water, food and indoor air. Yet chemicals may also lead to bacterial growth and endanger health.

Therefore a great deal of care is taken in maintaining the level of chemicals and toxicity in the water and food we consume, and the air we breathe. The discovery of ozone as a natural purifier goes back almost a decade.

But modern technology developments have vastly reduced the cost while increasing the operating efficiency of ozone applications as well as the quality and durability of products that utilize ozone applications.

Ozone brings multiple benefits, - it replaces the need for hazardous and potentially harmful chemicals, ensures health benefits and enhances energy and cost efficiency.

Ozone International has an innovative technology that offers the use of ozone in replacement of chemicals in what it calls the “chemical free alternative”. Its use is applicable to a wide spectrum of areas including community water supply, bottled water, waste water, effluent and marine environments, hospitals, clinics and ambulances, schools, hospitality sector, air conditioning systems, residences, produce storage, transportation, restaurants, catering companies, abattoirs, etc.

Holdaway’s presentation familiarized his audience with these aspects. It is expected that information such as these will go a long way in helping the community make conscious choices that will bring health and environmental benefits.

“Our aim has always been to purify the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat, NATURALLY” emphasized Holdaway. His presentation focused on the following points, - the misuse and misunderstanding about chemicals, how the public are mislead by chemical and pharmaceutical companies in their application and how toxicity levels are inaccurately reported and recorded, the beneficial uses and applications of ozone as nature’s purifier in Water, Air and Food.

Ken Holdaway is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management, Member of British Mensa and Director of Ozone International.

The other speaker for the evening was EEG’s Chairperson, the firebrand environmental activist, Habiba Al Marashi, who opened the lecture with a customary welcome and an update on the Group’s recent activities.

The EEG Chairperson spoke about the recent successful Can Collection Drive on May 26 and the Prize Giving Ceremonies for Can and Paper Collection Campaigns on June 5, both of which are popular community events conducted by the NGO annually.

She urged the audience to take back the seed of environmental protection with them wherever they may be during the summer vacation period. She appealed to everyone to be sensitive to the needs of the environment and place environment concern at the heart of responsible action.

“Wherever you are in the summer, make an effort to be a Friend of the Environment. Live green and add new colour to our environment. Do not waste, do not litter, and most importantly, do not forget your responsibility towards the environment.

Make eco-concern your daily affair, and see what a difference it can make to your life, and to the world around you. As individuals sympathetic to the environment I hope you will carry the torch and show others around you how to be environmentally pro-active,” she urged.

This meeting was the last lecture conducted by EEG in the first half of the year. The session of evening lectures will be resumed from the month of September.

Media

By Kimberly Phillips, Journal Inquirer June 30, 2005

MANCHESTER — A chemically sensitive woman and her daughter have lost a discrimination complaint against the Housing Authority, but the two contend mounds of supporting evidence wasn’t considered as part of the case.
Still, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities upheld a draft decision this month, saying Housing Authority Executive Director Carol Shanley has done all she could to accommodate Betty Emerson and her daughter Eva.

The pair’s complaint, filed last year, says the Housing Authority was aware of a mold problem in the Emersons’ Westerly Street kitchen when it bought the two-family home in 2002. Since then, the tenants, who suffer from multiple chemical sensitivity, have asked the Housing Authority to clean up the mold, which still hasn’t been done. In 2003, the organization bought the Emersons an air purifier to clean the air of the mold.

Betty Emerson has said it’s not as easy as putting down a new linoleum floor, since that has certain chemicals in it that adversely affect her and her daughter. The mold needs to be cleaned and either ceramic tile or a wood floor needs to be put down, she’s said.

But the Housing Authority has been unwilling to accommodate the request, Betty Emerson says in the complaint. It also was uncooperative in getting the Emersons a new furnace last winter when an old one failed, she complains.

Furnace issue settled

The furnace issue was settled late last year through a court mediator when it was agreed that a new furnace would be installed after fumes from solvents and oils were burned off at another location. Once it entered the Emersons’ basement, the furnace was to be encased in a plastic wall to prevent chemicals from being emitted into the home.

The CHRO decision says the Housing Authority offered the Emersons several alternative housing options for when the furnace first was installed, but none were satisfactory. It also says that the Emersons failed to provide a suitable remedy to fixing the kitchen floor that became moldy thanks to a leaky dishwasher.

“Most of the specific requests made by” the Emersons “appear to be requests for modifications, such as a request that” the Housing Authority “modify the unit’s dishwasher to a much more expensive model or to modify the furnace so that it was housed outside the basement or modify the heating system from oil to electric,” the decision reads.

It goes on to say, “State and federal laws make clear that such modifications be at the expense of the disabled person, not the landlord.”

According to the decision, the Emersons had requested that a stainless steel dishwasher be installed to replace the broken one. They also requested that electric heat be installed in the home to alleviate the problem of burn-off from a new furnace or that the furnace be installed outside and the heat be piped in.

The decision, written by CHRO investigator Cira L. Romann, also questions the severity of the Emersons’ disorder.

When the two women were in court to settle the furnace dispute, Romann says she noted that Eva Emerson was wearing a surgical mask to filter her breathing. That mask was removed when the Emersons and the court mediator went into an outside hallway to hammer out the details of an agreement.

That hallway was exposed to motor vehicle pollution from the outdoors, Romann says. And when the Emersons complained of the cold outside and stepped into a room with the mediator, there were no chemical complaints despite painting and construction going on in the vicinity, she continues.

Further, Romann notes, Eva Emerson “drives her vehicle without the use of a mask, pumps her own gasoline, pays the rent in person without the use of a mask, picks up the mail from the Post Office without the use of a mask, and attends activities without the use of a mask.”

In a 41-page response to the CHRO decision, Eva Emerson contests most of Romann’s findings, saying the Housing Authority never considered a flooring alternative to linoleum, and when it tried to relocate the pair during the furnace dispute, the only options were to an apartment that had been freshly painted or to a hotel where chemicals are used in carpets.

Also, a stainless steel dishwasher is medically necessary, she says, because a regular dishwasher with a plastic interior would give off chemical fumes when used the first several times.

As for the courtroom use of a mask, Eva Emerson says it was her mother wearing a mask, not her, and even though they were in a stairwell, fresh air was available during discussions. Exhaust fumes from passing motorists were non-existent, she continues.

There also was no construction going on in the courtroom that day, the response says. The Emersons say they provided a note from a court worker to that effect but it was disregarded as part of the case. They also contend other witnesses and documents weren’t considered.

Eva Emerson says that her condition isn’t as bad as that of her mother, who is homebound, and admits she pumps gas when no full-service stations are in the area. She also says she goes to get the mail from the Post Office, but the quick trip into and out of the building doesn’t trigger an allergic reaction.

Journal Inquirer

/C O R R E C T I O N — Quixtar/
Thursday June 30, 12:39 pm ET

In the news release, Eliminate Indoor Air Pollution with the Atmosphere Air Purifier, New from Quixtar, issued yesterday, June 29, by Quixtar over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph, second sentence, should read “down to .007 microns” rather than “down to .01 microns — meeting the standards of AHAM and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation,” the fifth paragraph, first sentence, should read “IntelliSense technology” rather than “IntelleTouch technology,” and the fifth paragraph, second sentence, should read “within 30 minutes” rather than “20 minutes” as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected release follows:

Eliminate Indoor Air Pollution with the Atmosphere Air Purifier,
New from Quixtar

ADA, Mich., June 29 /PRNewswire/ — The new Atmosphere(TM) Air Purifier from Quixtar brings a breath of fresh air to purification technology. The Atmosphere Air Purifier transforms your environment with its best-in-class performance, feature conveniences, and purification power that effectively eliminates 99.9% of the impurities in the air, down to .007 microns. Quiet and efficient, the Atmosphere Air Purifier protects the ones you love, by protecting the air they breathe.

The Atmosphere Air Purifier from Quixtar enhances the overall comfort and quality of the environment that surrounds you. The Clarus(TM) Filtration system combines a pre-filter, a HEPA filter, and an activated carbon filter with a surface area large enough to cover 226 soccer fields.

“Together these filters effectively remove greater than 99.9% of all airborne pollutants that pass through the filter including airborne bacteria, mold, viruses, fungi, dust mite allergens, asbestos, radon decay products, pet odors, cooking odors, dioxins, formaldehyde and other impurities,” says Andy Gamm, Quixtar brand manager.

“Quiet operation is as important to the comfort of your home as clean air,” says Gamm. The Atmosphere Air Purifier offers the Pureflow system that eliminates excessive noise by operating only when needed.

Atmosphere’s IntelliSense technology gives you an automatic one-touch mode that monitors and protects the air quality of your home’s environment, even when you’re not there. And when you want to clear the air of cooking odors, smoke or other contaminants in a hurry, the Turbo Power function enables you to quickly clear and clean the air in a 390-square-foot room within 30 minutes.

The Atmosphere Air Purifier from Quixtar is Energy Star (http://www.energystar.gov ) certified for efficiency. It’s also certified by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) and has a Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR) of 250. For more information on CADR visit http://www.cadr.org .

The Atmosphere Air Purifier is available in the United States and Canada exclusively through Independent Business Owners powered by Quixtar. For more information, or to purchase products, visit http://www.quixtar.com .

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050630/dew030.html?.v=12

By Abe Handler
Herald Staff Writer
Air purifier triggers airport exodus. Durango, Colorado.
The wrapped motor on the right, which may control the speed of the Aranizer, an electronic air purifier, is the part of the device law-enforcement authorities suspected of being an explosive.

An air purifier packed in a passenger’s luggage caused a stir at the Durango-La Plata Airport on Wednesday when Transportation Security Administration scans detected suspicious chemicals in the bag.

After authorities ordered a 20 minute evacuation of the terminal, explosives technicians from the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office determined that the suspected bomb was instead a commercially available Aranizer air purifier.

No flights were delayed or canceled because of the false alarm.

Durango Real Estate with Gina Piccoli
The bag carrier, Mark Schoos, a tourist from Arizona traveling to a relative’s funeral in Minnesota, was allowed to continue his trip on United Airlines flight 7146 to Denver after being briefly detained and questioned by an official from the Department of Homeland Security. Sheriff spokesman Dan Bender does not expect that charges will be filed.

“They evacuated the terminal long enough to remove the suspicious item from the building,” said Ron Dent, airport director of aviation. “It’s the policy here to err on the side of caution.”

When the air freshener triggered scanners, investigating TSA personnel discovered wires and a green, clay-like substance visible through the item’s box. Airport officials then contacted the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office in accordance with airport protocol.

Tony Romero, a Sheriff’s Office explosive technician, donned a bomb suit to remove the item from the scene before examining it in a safe location. “It looked like what you expect a bomb to look like,” he said.

Hermosa resident Paul Smith, 45, traveling to his daughter’s wedding in Seattle, was among those evacuated Wednesday. “Everybody had to stand in the parking lot and enjoy the sunshine,” he said.

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ADA, Mich., June 29 /PRNewswire/ — The new Atmosphere(TM) Air Purifier
from Quixtar brings a breath of fresh air to purification technology. The
Atmosphere Air Purifier transforms your environment with its best-in-class
performance, feature conveniences, and purification power that effectively
eliminates 99.9% of the impurities in the air, down to .01 microns — meeting
the standards of AHAM and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation. Quiet and
efficient, the Atmosphere Air Purifier protects the ones you love, by
protecting the air they breathe.
The Atmosphere Air Purifier from Quixtar enhances the overall comfort and
quality of the environment that surrounds you. The Clarus(TM) Filtration
system combines a pre-filter, a HEPA filter, and an activated carbon filter
with a surface area large enough to cover 226 soccer fields.
“Together these filters effectively remove greater than 99.9% of all
airborne pollutants that pass through the filter including airborne bacteria,
mold, viruses, fungi, dust mite allergens, asbestos, radon decay products, pet
odors, cooking odors, dioxins, formaldehyde and other impurities,” says Andy
Gamm, Quixtar brand manager.
“Quiet operation is as important to the comfort of your home as clean
air,” says Gamm. The Atmosphere Air Purifier offers the Pureflow system that
eliminates excessive noise by operating only when needed.
Atmosphere’s IntelleTouch technology gives you an automatic one-touch mode
that monitors and protects the air quality of your home’s environment, even
when you’re not there. And when you want to clear the air of cooking odors,
smoke or other contaminants in a hurry, the Turbo Power function enables you
to quickly clear and clean the air in a 390-square-foot room within 20
minutes.
The Atmosphere Air Purifier from Quixtar is Energy Star
(http://www.energystar.gov ) certified for efficiency. It’s also certified by
the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) and has a Clean Air
Delivery Rate (CADR) of 250. For more information on CADR visit
http://www.cadr.org .
The Atmosphere Air Purifier is available in the United States and Canada
exclusively through Independent Business Owners powered by Quixtar. For more
information, or to purchase products, visit http://www.quixtar.com .

SOURCE Quixtar
Web Site: http://www.quixtar.com http://www.energystar.gov
http://www.cadr.org http://www.quixtar.com

In a word – this air purifier is great. I bought one and let me tell you about it. I needed an air purifier for allergies. Too much dust and all the trees and plants in bloom it was causing quite a stir in the air. I borrowed an air purification unit from my mom. I’ll just leave this brand name out of it, but it was a HEPA filter type unit with a fan and such. It was large and round in shape. First thing when I turned it on was it smelled like my mom’s house. So, I needed to buy a new filter element and those dudes aren’t cheap. Reluctantly, the air filter went to the garage since I didn’t want any further smells entering my house.

I purchased the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze off of Ebay. It was a returned unit and I got it from Sharper Image. They sell returns or refurbish units at significant savings. I was lucky to get this unit shipped and everything for about $130. That is a savings, and I thought if it really does work, then I’ll buy a brand new one.

I got it in and couldn’t tell that anyone had used it or anything. It looked like brand new. I plugged it in and turned it on. Nothing happened. No noise. Then I felt the breeze blowing from the front. Here I want to take the thing apart to find the fan. But there isn’t a fan in there at all. The way it charges the collector plates causes air to flow through the unit. It really is remarkable just for the fact that it can get the air to stir silently. And they say silent, and I’m here to tell you the unit is silent.

So I let it run a few days and sure enough, it has collected dust on the collectors. It really does work. I can tell the air is charged or something. Maybe its just because its clean now. I keep mine in a high traffic area and I don’t notice the unit at all. So here’s the big test. I have some gerbils. They don’t stink, but their bedding is a little aromatic and they do get to digging and stirring up dust. I put the ionic breeze by their cage. I wanted to see what it could do. No smell from the cage. I kid you not. Nothing. I shut it off and then I started to smell the gerbils. It is truly amazing.

When the collectors start to get full, I notice it makes a little zit noise. I take the fins and rinse them. They say to use a damp cloth, but I run them under the faucet and let them dry good before re-inserting them. This is one of the best purchases I have ever made and I see it as being something I have in my house for years. I put some pictures of it on my website.

Stuart Simpson
http://www.airpurifier-review.com