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