{"id":17889,"date":"2021-07-27T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kele.com\/content\/?p=17889"},"modified":"2023-02-24T10:31:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:31:59","slug":"ionization-research-suggests-its-time-to-leave-it-in-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kele.com\/content\/blog\/ionization-research-suggests-its-time-to-leave-it-in-the-past","title":{"rendered":"Ionization: Research Suggests It\u2019s Time to Leave It in the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>UV Lighting More Effective at Battling Airborne Contaminants<\/h4>\n<p>Bipolar ionization (or needlepoint bipolar ionization) became a popular topic over the past year. It is a technology that claims to be effective in HVAC systems or portable air cleaners to inactivate airborne pathogens and viruses (like COVID-19) from airstreams. It does this via an electronic air-cleaning device that generates positively and negatively charged particles. But how well does ionization measure up to another cleansing\/disinfecting techniques within the industry, specifically UV disinfection options?<\/p>\n<p>According to research, not well. This technique emerged with little research to back it up as opposed to UV lighting and other filtration technologies. And there\u2019s a reason. It\u2019s not the best or safest option out there. Multiple agencies and businesses researched this technique to see if it truly works. Boeing and Dr. Marwa Zaatari, from the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force, are just two out of the bunch that has done the research and have concluded that ionization does not work as it has been said to. (Read <em>The Seattle Times <\/em>coverage about Boeing\u2019s study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/health\/boeing-tested-air-purifiers-like-those-widely-used-in-schools-and-decided-not-to-use-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/confident-travel\/downloads\/Boeing-Use-of-Bipolar-Ionization-for-Disinfection-within-Airplanes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to read the study itself. To read Dr. Zaatari\u2019s position, click <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/open-letter-to-address-the-use-of-electronic-air\/no-to-ionizers-plasma-uvpco-bc1570b2fb9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Leave ionization in the past and choose safer, better options to clean\/disinfect. Here are proven options for cleansing\/disinfecting techniques and ways to reduce airborne transmissions that do not include ionization:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom:5px;\">\n<li>Properly sized and maintained ventilation\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li>Such as mechanical and natural<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mechanical filtration\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li>Such as HEPA filter units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Germicidal UV light, which Kele offers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kele stands behind UV technologies for disinfection and the continued progress in the world of IAQ (indoor air quality). We are here to continue to help serve and protect you from dangerous misinformation that could negatively impact your next jobsite. Give us a call today and talk with our sales and tech teams or chat with us online at kele.com if you\u2019ve got questions. Shop our Disinfection\/UV offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kele.com\/disinfection-solutions-home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Kele\u2019s got you covered\u2014no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UV Lighting More Effective at Battling Airborne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uv-disinfection"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Ionization: Research Suggests It\u2019s Time to Leave It in the Past - kele.com<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kele.com\/content\/blog\/ionization-research-suggests-its-time-to-leave-it-in-the-past\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ionization: Research Suggests It\u2019s Time to Leave It in the Past - 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