| It's nice to be able to breathe--that's something | | | | advancements to combat chlorine gas, flame |
| we take for granted sometimes. However, for | | | | throwers, and mustard gas. A few years later the |
| almost two hundred years scientists, researchers, | | | | Ebola plague in Africa drew attention to the need |
| doctors, and businesses have worked diligently to | | | | for electronic generator air filters / purifiers. |
| allow people the every day luxury of breathing. | | | | Corona Discharge Systems (CDS) used a spark |
| Today with almost ten million asthma suffers | | | | to convert oxygen to ozone and allowed victims |
| alone, air purifiers are offering allergy sufferers, | | | | the gift of clean air to breathe.Over the last |
| firefighters, soldiers, coal miners, hospital workers, | | | | twenty years the terms MCS - Multiple Chemical |
| PC manufacturers, factory workers, etc. the | | | | Sensitivity and ETS - Environmental Tobacco |
| opportunity to breathe easier with an absolute | | | | Smoke have become an integral part of air |
| plethora of products. Air purifiers and cleaners | | | | filtration / purification technology. Early filtration |
| have evolved by leaps and bounds from the | | | | focused on toxic chemicals, noxious gas, and foul |
| original "inhalers" and "lung protectors" of the early | | | | orders while more modern filtration devices |
| days and continue to evolve to meet the | | | | focused on mold, viruses, bacteria. The need for |
| constant need to breathe.In the early 1800's, John | | | | the air purification devices has expanded over the |
| and Charles Dean developed a mask for | | | | years to include protection against fabric |
| firefighters that allowed them to charge into | | | | chemicals, perfumes, building materials, pesticides, |
| burning buildings without being overcome with | | | | dust mites, pollen, food odors, along with the plain |
| smoke fumes. Along the same time, breathing | | | | ole' desire for fresh air.The 1980's brought |
| masks for divers and coal miners were also being | | | | attention to the concept of a dust free |
| developed. In the early 1850's, John Stenhouse | | | | environment. HEPA filters screen 99.7% of all 0.3 |
| developed a charcoal based filter which became | | | | micron breathing offenders. Newer developments |
| the first gas mask. The original breathing masks | | | | such as nebulizers for asthma patients and |
| and gas masks focused on filtering out specific | | | | AHPCO ' Advanced Hydrated Photocatalytic |
| enemies using an approach called High Efficiency | | | | Technical Quad Catalyst Ultraviolet Cells have |
| Particulate Air (HEPA). The addition of charcoal to | | | | helped bring filtration rates to 99.7% of all microns |
| the filtration system was a huge advancement | | | | 0.1 and larger. The Hepa air cleaner now act as air |
| because the charcoal filtered multiple toxins.World | | | | purifiers using granular carbon filters, among many |
| War II brought about one of the largest | | | | other types, to cleanse the air of as many |
| advancements in air filtration / purification history | | | | unwanted pollutants as possible.The number of |
| with the Manhattan Project. This project focused | | | | applications has grown over the years, along with |
| scientists and government funding on developing a | | | | the technology and development of the air |
| breathing apparatus that would protect soldiers | | | | filtration and purification process. Thanks to almost |
| from which was later revealed to be the atomic | | | | two hundred years of research, the end result is |
| b*mb. That development prompted further | | | | the fulfillment of the simple desire to breathe. |