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    pollutant 
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        Attempting to stop  
        allergens and molecules  
        with ordinary particle filters  
        is like trying to catch  
        gnats with a butterfly net! | 
       
     
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
    Outdoor pollutants  
    
    
    Traffic and industrial fumes, pollens, fungal
    spores and silts enter tight,
    modern buildings  
    with foot traffic and "fresh air" make-up. 
    Indoor
    pollutants 
    
    
    Most indoor air pollutants are molecules which
    have evaporated
    from indoor sources:  
          foam padding, glues used in hardboard and plywood construction materials,
    vinyl wall
    coverings, 
          plastics in general, carpeting, carpet padding, copiers (solvents), laser
    printers
    (ozone),  
          blue-printers (amines), housekeeping cleaning agents
    (organic solvents), food preparation,  
    cigarette smoke, perfumes, after-shaves, deodorants,
    soaps and human bodies.
    
          
          Molecules and small particles from indoor 
          sources are the cause of most indoor air
    pollution.  
          Conventional air filters remove neither small 
          particles nor molecules. 
          Forcing air through HEPA or electrostatic 
          filters removes small particles, but not molecules 
          which are thousands of times smaller than
          the smallest filterable particles. 
          Molecules must be subtracted from air in a condensation process called adsorption.
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                   Richard Kunz, chemist 
      719 635-1325 
  
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