UV Clarifiers and Sterilizers: Protecting your Health with Ultraviolet Light

<h1>UV Clarifiers and Sterilizers: Protecting your Health with Ultraviolet Light</h1>

<p align=right>by Mary Coyle</p>

<div align=justify>The tiny particles emitted from power plants, cars, and various other sources have exceeded the legal limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a result, the agency has directed 20 states to create a plan by February 2008 that would reduce the harmful particulates that affect nearly 88 million people in the United States. By 2010, these states are expected to reduce the harmful particulates to a safe level. However, counties with the most severe problems may receive a five-year extension, delaying reduction of pollutants until 2015. <BR><BR>Despite the small size of these particulates, which is estimated at 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair, they are extremely harmful and have been linked to numerous illnesses including asthma, chronic bronchitis, as well as heart and lung disease that cause premature death. Understanding the impact that these harmful particulates have on our health, make it essential that we take matters into our own hands to protect the health and livelihood of us and our families.<BR><BR>New York City, Washington, D.C., and southern California have some of the highest pollutant levels due to the heavily populated areas, yet much of the Midwest also violates the federal clean air rules because of coal-fired generation. Because many of us have little choice as to the geographical area that we live, we must find a way to limit the exposure to harmful particles that surround all of us on a daily basis.<BR><BR>There is hope to what seems like an impossible situation as we wait for clean air laws to be implemented and enforced. UV clarifiers, filters, and sterilizers have been proven to reduce kill germs, bacteria, viruses, mildew, and mold spores such as stachybotrys, black mold, etc, by using ultraviolet light. The short wave UV-C light kills or de-activates a wide variety of harmful particulates even if the organisms have become immune to other disinfection methods. This is why UV disinfection has become a superior method of cleaning the air around us.<BR><BR>Some of the more advanced UV sterilizers provide odor and dust sensors for automatic air quality indicating when a filter needs to be replaced or the collector grid needs to be cleaned. Features such as this ensure that the UV clarifier is ridding your home or office of harmful particulates that may have negative effects on your health.<BR><BR>The power of UV light has become so popular due to its positive results that UV filters are available to prevent the mildew and mold as well as odor forming around your air conditioner, as well as provide protection from harmful particulates on a much larger scale as the air purification system goes to work throughout your entire home.<BR><BR>There are several extremely attractive features that some UV sterilizers/clarifiers provide that include: long lasting, high-efficiency HEPA filters that have a 99.97% collection rate of small particulates, germicidal UV lamp to destroy microorganisms, and negative ionizers that pull harmful positively charged ions out of the air (making them unstable and inactive).<BR><BR>As we go about our daily lives, we often fail to recognize the harmful particles that surround us and may be negatively affecting the health of us and our loved ones. By understanding the features that some UV air purifiers offer, we are able to better understand how UV sterilizers remove harmful particulates that come in the form of viruses, bacteria, mold, and mildew. Considering that most Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors, it is imperative that we take our health into our own hands and utilize the powerful effects that UV light air purifiers can bring. </div>

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		<p align=justify>Clean Air with Ultraviolet offers a variety of easy-to-use, low-maintenance, energy efficient products that will get you just the results you are seeking. Whether you are looking for room or car ionizers, central UV-C systems, bathroom purifiers, shoe odor eliminators, or our one-of-a-kind multi-purpose air purifiers, we guarantee that ultraviolet air purification is an effective method to control and minimize indoor air pollution. For more information on indoor air purifiers or the benefits of air purification, please visit www.cleanairwithultraviolet.com.</p>
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