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Best air purifiers 2021: Reviews and buying advice - TechHive

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Best air purifiers 2021: Reviews and buying advice - TechHive Best air purifiers 2021: Reviews and buying advice - TechHive Posted: 25 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT The COVID pandemic—and in much of the country, smoke-filled air caused by rampant wildfires—has renewed interest in a formerly sleepy sector of the gadget universe: the air purifier. For those of us in California, air purifiers have been essential companions in the fall months, helping to rid the unyielding stench of wood smoke from the air while (we hope) protecting our health from the potential damages of inhaling toxic gasses and particles. But do air purifiers do any good? A well-publicized Consumer Reports story from 2003 found that they were not only basically useless, but that many models produced unhealthy levels of ozone instead of removing it. The upshot was that some purifiers could make health conditions like asthma worse, not better. The Sharper Image, whose Ionic Breeze p...

Caution to the Wind – Mother Jones - Mother Jones

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Caution to the Wind – Mother Jones - Mother Jones Caution to the Wind – Mother Jones - Mother Jones Posted: 27 May 2021 09:13 AM PDT Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. Brandon Armbruster just wanted to keep his students safe. The chief operating officer of St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, Armbruster spent the spring and summer of 2020 diligently preparing for students to return—designing outdoor classrooms, setting up testing routines, and debating whether to cancel sports. A private school with nearly 1,000 K–12 students on two campuses, St. Andrew's had its own advisory committee of doctors and scientists to guide decisions about COVID. And as they learned more about how the coronavirus could hang suspended in aerosols for hours, the committee urged Armbruster to turn his attention to ventilation and ways t...

Caution to the Wind – Mother Jones - Mother Jones

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Caution to the Wind – Mother Jones - Mother Jones Caution to the Wind – Mother Jones - Mother Jones Posted: 27 May 2021 08:47 AM PDT Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. Brandon Armbruster just wanted to keep his students safe. The chief operating officer of St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, Armbruster spent the spring and summer of 2020 diligently preparing for students to return—designing outdoor classrooms, setting up testing routines, and debating whether to cancel sports. A private school with nearly 1,000 K–12 students on two campuses, St. Andrew's had its own advisory committee of doctors and scientists to guide decisions about COVID. And as they learned more about how the coronavirus could hang suspended in aerosols for hours, the committee urged Armbruster to turn his attention to ventilation and ways t...