Ionic air cleaners, one of the world’s best kept health care secrets has been kept... well , a secret. And that secret is the incredible world of negative ions. Over 700 scientific studies have attested to the wonders of negative ions. The U.S. Air Force uses negative ion generators in the cockpits of jet fighters to enhance the pilot’s awareness. Clinics use negative ion generators to reduce germs in waiting rooms. And top flight air cleaners and purifiers incorporate negative ion generators into their overall design.

But what are they, and for that matter, what are negative ions?

Virtually all airborne nasties (dust, allergens, mites, and other contaminants) carry a positive charge. Ionizers attack these positively charged ions using the principle of opposites attract. When a high enough concentration of negative ions can be inserted into the surrounding air, the positively charged floating particles will fuse with the negatively charged ions and fall harmlessly to the ground, just waiting to be removed through normal cleaning activities.

In nature, negative ions are generated by processes such as sunlight, lightening, waves from the ocean, and from waterfalls. "Concrete Jungles" minimize the natural production of negative ions by disrupting the delicate electrical balance between the atmosphere and the earth. An effective ionic air cleaner must create negative ions in quantities large enough to effectively restore nature’s balance in a given area.

Research by the Here’s Health Research Center has resulted in a BRIEF primer to help understand the concept of using negative ions to cleanse your air. To begin this BRIEF report, click HERE

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