| The Association of Home Appliance
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| | microns. The larger particle size focus
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| Manufacturers (AHAM), which tests air
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| | is far above the .3 micron HEPA range, it
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| purifiers, certifies, and publishes Clean
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| | favors cheaper units.Since 90% of all
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| Air Delivery Rates (CADR), is a home
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| | particles are smaller than .3 microns,
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| appliance manufacturers industry lobbying
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| | and these tiny fragments are the most
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| group.In the 1980's AHAM established a
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| | hazardous to health, what is important is
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| testing system and certification program
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| | the air purifier's ability to remove
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| for portable room air purifiers: Clean
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| | sub-micron particles in the .5 micron and
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| Air Delivery Rate.The delivery rate was
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| | smaller range. CADR is designed to divert
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| designed to "help" buyers evaluate air
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| | attention away from this critical
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| cleaners. Objective standards were, and
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| | area.Secondly, CADR is completely
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| still are, needed. It is difficult to
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| | irrelevant to chemical contamination of
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| critique a flawed system which stands
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| | all kinds. Volatile Organic Chemicals
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| between consumers and anarchy.Air
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| | (VOC's) are molecular sized.Next to them
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| purifier advertising often claims that
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| | .9 microns is the Rocky Mountains. Air
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| the AHAM delivery rate is the key
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| | purifiers with real carbon chemical
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| information consumers should use to
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| | filtration and tightly sealed and
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| evaluate air purifier performance. "Just
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| | gasketed filters are at a big
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| look for the AHAM seal."AHAM uses an
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| | disadvantage in the CADR game. With real
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| independent laboratory to verify clean
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| | carbon filters and ultraviolet light air
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| air exhaust volumes submitted by
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| | purifiers, faster is not necessarily
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| manufacturers for given air purifier
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| | better.Third, the short tests obscure
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| models.Air cleaners are rated for ability
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| | long term performance shortcomings of
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| to remove dust, pollen and smoke.CADR
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| | electrostatic precipitators and inferior
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| tests last only 20 minutes.A closed
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| | HEPA models, both of which have
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| chamber is filled with dirty air to
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| | efficiency declines with age.AHAM
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| clean; particles ranging in size from .09
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| | certification is voluntary, and only 27
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| microns to 11 microns, represent tobacco
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| | companies have joined up. Builders have
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| smoke, mulberry pollen or Arizona road
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| | to pay a fee as high as $10,000 to have
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| dust.Clean air delivery rate is the
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| | their product certified. AHAM also
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| volume of air that a specific air
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| | extracts a commission on every sale of a
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| purifier cleanses of a specific
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| | box bearing the CADR seal. Who pays for
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| particulate pollutant in cubic feet per
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| | this? Buyers do.Many quality brands and
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| minute.Strong air purifiers have CADRS in
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| | smaller companies have not submitted
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| the 400 area, machines rated below 100
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| | their products to AHAM.While CADRs are
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| are very weak.The AHAM CADR directory is
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| | handy in comparing products form a single
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| published twice a year.So what's wrong
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| | manufacturer, consumers should avoid
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| with the AHAM delivery rate?It's what
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| | placing too much emphasis on a single
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| CADRs avoid saying that makes them so
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| | number. Many great air purifiers are
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| useful to marketers of mass produced air
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| | marketed without the AHAM seal.Click for
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| purifiers.First, and worst, CADR does not
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| | the web's best Air Purifier Reviews. The
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| measure removal of the health hazards we
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| | Author, Ed Sherbenou, is an experienced
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| buy air purifiers to collect! Experienced
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| | air purifier user, with 40 years of
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| users will have noticed the large
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| | direct experience due to chemical
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| particle size specified: .9 to 11
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| | sensitivity and severe allergies.
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