Re: Re:Re: Can the experts here help me out on a filter issue? PLEASE...-

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Are 3M Filtrete Filters, electrostatic filters?

Barb E.

--- erikmoldwarrior <erikmoldwarrior@...>

wrote:

> Using filters is like dealing with a sinking ship by

> installing a

> pump to bail it out instead of fixing the leak.

> Doesn't solve the problem.

> Just slows it down.

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> The " filterists " like to promote filtration as a

> cure, when the

> reality is that the most you can expect is a

> reduction in exposure

> which may or may not be enough - depending on a

> multitude of factors.

> I believe we had a study not too long ago that

> claimed success by

> installing whole building filters because sixty

> percent of the

> people said they felt better. Not too successful if

> you were one of

> the people who didn't though.

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> Prof. Harriet Ammann warned me that electrostatic

> filters catch the

> particulates, oxidize the spores and just let the

> released VOC's

> roll on through so you get to breathe them anyway.

> Not only that, but electrostatic filters release a

> small amount of

> ozone.

> The money I put into filters was all money wasted.

> As Chin Yang of P & K put it, " If the mold is Stachy,

> removal is the

> ONLY option " .

> From my point of view, filters barely even begin to

> mask the

> problem.

> I'm not a fan of filtration.

> - (ptp)

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