Air Purifier Reviews – 5 Key Factors Model
By Article Expert on Oct. 24, 2009.
Previously we had 4 key factors but now it is the 5 Key Factors Model. With reference to our preceding post, we have now added Scientific Peer Review as the fifth key factor in our air purifier review model.
Our research indicates that the lack of scientific peer reviews is a major stumbling block to all the interested parties in accepting the claims of air purifier manufacturers, no matter how reputable the latter may be. These interested parties include the scientific community such as indoor air quality specialists, environmentalists (both academics and activists), government agencies like the US EPA and NIOSH, the medical community who deal with allergy issues etc.
Generally, it is assumed that this problem is restricted to the ionic air purifier industry. It permeates all other technologies in the air purifier industry, be it the well-regarded HEPA or the new (relatively speaking) photo-catalytic oxidation, etc.
It almost seems that, as an intrinsic fundamental of any air purifier review, the scientific peer review is almost like the holy grail of the air purifier industry. Whoever crosses the post first may well have the same legendary power of domination in the multimillion dollar business.
Given the supreme (no exaggeration here!) importance of a scientific peer review, the biggest mystery is why no one has deemed it worthwhile to produce a single review. It is comprehensible that no air purifier manufacturer has commissioned one since that would negate the independence factor that is central to a scientific peer review.
What is mystifying is why no scientist or researcher, specifically those in the indoor air quality or environmental sciences disciplines who would seem the most knowledgeable to execute an air purifier review, considers it worth their effort to do. We know there is value in being first in any multimillion dollar industry. The air purification industry is undoubtedly in this class. Yet no scientist would come near it all these years to produce an independent peer review. Something is amiss. As a matter of fact, we know that funding is available from the US NIOSH. They are ready to fund anyone who can deliver a high caliber scientific peer review.
The unwillingness of any scientist or researcher to undertake the quest for a truly independent scientific peer review begs the million dollar question – is the air purification industry a big fraud? One other possibility is that scientists view proving air purification technology as chasing the Holy Grail - a futile pursuit for those with limitless resources? It is a fact that, we have trouble even finding a single comprehensive independent air purifier review.
These highly riveting thoughts drive us to greater enquiry with our 5-Key Factors Model. The reluctance of manufacturers to complete our survey questions based on the said model piques us to delve deeper, so stay tuned to our efforts.
To recap, the Air Purifier Review - 5 Key Factors Model is as detailed:
(1) Safety – in relation to the reactive agent
(2) Safety – in relation to unintended by-products
(3) Efficacy – the reactive agents work in the lab
(4) Efficiency – the reactive agents work in the real world
(5) Scientific Peer Review.
Each factor of our air purifier review model has been explained fully in separate Ezine articles which you can access via the widget on our blog. Several thousands of our readers have also published our Ezine write-ups on their own blogs for their own subscriber base. If you have not read or published the complete collection of 5, you are welcomed to.
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Category: Environment