Ions & Pollution

For 3 reasons: natural ions are lost in ventilation ducts, to static charged furnishings and to airborne particulates. And loss of ions results in loss of health.

Ions are Nature's air cleaners. In the same way that rain droplets condense around an airborne dust particle, ions do the same thing, losing their charge to the particle, eventually causing it to migrate within the earth's electric field - usually settling to the ground. During this process both particles and ions are removed from the aieach diminishing the other.

Without ions the story is very different: indoor air pollution often starts with outdoor air pollution. Air already polluted with smoke and exhaust fumes is drawn in through ventilation systems. These positively-charged airborne particles strip out most of the natural air ions - and the metal ducts and grilles remove the rest. 'Fresh' air often arrives in the workplace free of ions, free of vitality, devoid of life - and it has no way of getting any better.

Each human being sheds 2kg of skin scale each year, as well as fibres and dust from clothing, dirt from shoes, food waste and hairs. Office activities generate paper dust, toner powders, carpet and furnishing fibres. And then there are the fumes and vapours from paints, plastics, glues and laminates. And the living micro-organisms that thrive around humanity - moulds, yeasts and fungal spores, bacteria, viruses and dust mites. Because ventilation systems are designed to protect people from the discomforts of weather and drafts, the indoor environment is never flushed clean. Levels of indoor pollutants inevitably grow and grow, day by day.

Our air processors both filter and ionise the air. High-grade filters remove the larger particulates while ionisation charges up any remaining fine particulates and causes them to be deposited electrostatically. The effect is to remove almost all pollutants from the air while re-introducing air ions to recreate natural balanced air.