would an air ionizer be able to remove the smell of a dead mouse? I get one
or two a year that I can't find and the house gets pretty ripe for a week or
two.

"effi" wrote in message
...
"willshak" wrote in message
...
Just saw a Pat Murphy Stark (cute blond, 'Miss NYS' winner in 1990)
direct marketing TV ad for the AirForceIonizer. Claims to do what the
larger, more expensive ionizers, like the Sonic Breeze, do.
Sells for $50, but if you act now, $10 for two. :-) Cleaned all smoke
from a fish tank in 6 minutes. Nothing about cleaning it though. Perhaps
it's a throwaway.
No Google links for AirForceIonizer.
--
Bill

whether or not ionizers provide health benefits can be argued either way

some are effective at removing smoke from the air but can cause particles
in the air to "attach to nearby surfaces such as walls or furniture, or
attach to one another and settle out of the air" - see below

so the particles are not filtered out and still in the room, no good if
the particles are unhealthy

u.s. epa indicates "high efficiency particle filters or electrostatic
precipitators" are more efective " in removing particles of dust, tobacco
smoke, pollen or fungal spores."

some of what the u.s. epa says about ionizers:
from http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html

"...some ozone generators are manufactured with an "ion generator" or
"ionizer" in the same unit. An ionizer is a device that disperses
negatively (and/or positively) charged ions into the air. These ions
attach to particles in the air giving them a negative (or positive) charge
so that the particles may attach to nearby surfaces such as walls or
furniture, or attach to one another and settle out of the air. In recent
experiments, ionizers were found to be less effective in removing
particles of dust, tobacco smoke, pollen or fungal spores than either high
efficiency particle filters or electrostatic precipitators. (Shaughnessy
et al., 1994; Pierce, et al., 1996). However, it is apparent from other
experiments that the effectiveness of particle air cleaners, including
electrostatic precipitators, ion generators, or pleated filters varies
widely (U.S. EPA, 1995). "