there is a lot of sahara desert dust around especially southern europe in recent weeks... super hazy here in sao vicente, #madeira today... i have an air purifier now, with a PM2.5 sensor and the air from outside is about 50 on this measure... keeping the windows closed and the air purifier on

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sounds like a great way to deal w that

yeah, if you have pollen allergies it would help right now i'm sure

i mainly have the device because of all the things that off-gas from my tech and from the paints and fabrics and furniture... indoor air is not just nasty for fine particles but also many noxious chemicals that don't belong in our houses... the carbon filter, UV and ionizer help eliminate much of it

it depends on where you live also, but there is even things in water, that will get into your air from your shower, that are not good for you also... i remember reading that in many places they use potassium permanganate to remove iron from water (now if you want a rabbithole, check out "heavy metal" iron limits in water by the FDA and municipal water supply - they say the municipal water must be treated with permanganate to reduce iron levels from what is naturally in swiss alps spring water!!!! yeah, go figure)

the amount of permanganate that ends up in the air from tiny droplets is likely to be a contributing factor in the development of numerous degenerative neurological disorders like parkinsons and probably contributes to AD/HD (manganism is nasty)

really, it's worth having one, i swear i feel a lot better for having one in my space