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What is an HEPA Filter? What They Are & How They Work

Indoor air pollution is among the top five environmental health risks. Usually the best way to address this risk is to control or eliminate the sources of pollutants, and to ventilate a home with clean outdoor air.

HEPA is an acronym that stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air, so a HEPA filter is a High Efficiency Particulate Air filter. Filters, whether for an air purifier or other implementation, come with many benefits and claims.

What sets HEPA filters apart from the rest is their claims are more than just claims. Because in order to be called a true HEPA filter it has to be first be tested and approved, you know exactly what to expect. The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology dictates that a HEPA filter must trap 99.97% of […]