Friday, February 13, 2015

Indoor Air Re-Pollution? Is That Even Possible?

Indoor air re-pollution is a fairly new term for an old problem relating to leaving filters in air purification systems too long and to the point that they begin allowing and circulating some of the pollutants trapped in the filters and new pollutants. How often does this happen? More often than you think, and it's fairly common with homeowners and business owners who regularly use air filtration systems but forget or put off changing the filters a little too long.
 
Should you worry about this?  If you're buying your replacement air cleaner filters and installing them on a regular basis at the proper intervals, probably not.  However if you tend to let your air cleaners go a good bit longer than the normal filter life, then you probably should be concerned. The problem is that once a filter begins letting go of some of its trapped pollutants, this is a concentrated dose of bacteria, dust mites, chemicals and other things, hundreds of times more concentrated and potentially dangerous than what you would get on a normal basis just breathing the unfiltered air in your home or business.
 
I'm speaking mainly of lower quality HEPA and HEPA-style filters that have this problem most often, but even the best filters will break down, increase the pore size in the media and allow pollutants to be recirculated. Saturated carbon filters don't tend to release their pollutants as much, but the bigger problem is that when they're saturated, they stop trapping chemical pollutants and simply circulate them, which really just 'adds fuel to the fire' and creates more of a hazard. So the main message here is this: do yourself and your employees and customers a favor and replace those air purifier filters regularly to avoid unnecessary illness--and even lawsuits resulting from poor air quality claims.
 
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