Is your Air Cleaner Safe?

Not all air cleaners make the air better in your house. Some are ineffective and some are even harmful.

Ionizing air cleaners, or ionizers, produce ozone, a byproduct of the process of electrically charging and trapping air particles.

Ozone is a supercharged form of oxygen. High level of ozone has been linked to increases in premature deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular causes.

Consumer Report and Consumers Union have been testing indoor air cleaners for close to 20 years.

They recommended Consumer Product Safety Commission set indoor ozone limits for air cleaners and suggested the Federal Trade Commission keep an eye on air cleaner ads to prevent deceptive claims.

Consumer Reports have issued full reports on ionizing air cleaner models. To check out which are the safer products, go to Consumer Reports website.