| There are lots of small cigarette lighter plug in "air | | | | insulation, or air conditioning drip can allow mold to |
| purifiers" sold nowdays. Most are not up to the | | | | grow inside a car.Many automotive cleaning products |
| automobile cabin air quality challenge.Howard Hughes, | | | | can be toxic in a car's air. Interior air freshener sales |
| the eccentric billionaire, once had a car air purifier | | | | continue at a rapid pace, despite health concerns.A |
| installed in a limousine. The purifier cost more than the | | | | vehicle interior is smaller than residential rooms: |
| limo, weighed almost as much, and and took up most | | | | smoking and side stream smoke are especially |
| of the trunk. A $20 device weighing a few ounces | | | | concentrated inside an already toxic car. Rooms can |
| cannot assure safe air in a modern car cabin.We tend | | | | be repainted, carpets and furniture removed. Tars |
| to feel safe in our car, but the air in the interiors of | | | | and particlulate from smoking can never be removed |
| cars may be even worse than household indoor air. | | | | from automobile headliners and upholstery.There are |
| Driving a car can be our single most toxic activity.A | | | | many models of auto air purifiers available. China |
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| particles, pollen, cigarette smoke, and | | | | there. Most are small ionizers, with plugs for the car's |
| germs.Everything along the road has an oily finish, | | | | 12v DC cigarette lighter socket. Few have any ability |
| with tiny soot particulates waiting to flurry into the | | | | to actually purify air in cars. Most make significant |
| air an auto moves throughAs air rushes over the | | | | ozone.As with indoor room air purifiers, better car |
| exterior metal skin, negative charges are stripped | | | | purifiers have real fans and activated carbon for toxic |
| away. A positive ionic charge builds up in auto interior | | | | chemicals. Some can also do double duty as a travel |
| air, causing stimulation followed by fatigue. This is | | | | air purifier, using an optional AC power adapter.A |
| why the car air ionizer has become so | | | | couple real car air purifiers to check out; Aireox D-22, |
| popular.Flow-through ventilation is required by law: | | | | and Amaircare Roomaid Portable. The Nanobreeze |
| even when the A/C is set to recirculate, all vehicles | | | | photocatalytic car model clips onto air vents, using |
| still exchange some outside air to maintain oxygen in | | | | the vehicle's ventilation system and fan.The author, |
| the car's interior.That "new car smell" that so many | | | | Ed Sherbenou, has air purifier experience dating back |
| people confuse with success comes from | | | | to 1977. He offers fact, opinion, and the most |
| evaporating plastics and glues.Wet carpeting, | | | | detailed Air Purifier Reviews. |