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HEPA filter - Abbreviation for high efficiency particulate air filter. A filter capable of excluding particles larger than 0.3ìm. HEPA filters are used in laminar air flow cabinets to ensure that the air is pathogen-free. [FAO]

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Zaca Fire Ash Safety Tips  -  21 Aug 2007
TurnTo23.com,Do not use shop vacuums or other common non-HEPA filter vacuum cleaners to clean up ash. These vacuums can exhaust small particles out into the air where

Smoky skies hover over western Montana  -  Aug 14, 2007
The Missoulian,Make sure to change your HEPA filter regularly. Don't use an air cleaner that works by generating ozone. That puts more pollution in your home.

Air cleaning systems have powerful extraction  -  Aug 9, 2007
Manufacturing Talk,Flextraction - UK representative for Kiekens Products BV, Holland, is introducing industrial high vacuum cleaning systems. They include the Type 40,

Its Poor Reputation Aside, Our Fat Is Doing Us a Favor  -  Aug 6, 2007
New York Times,...and just as the alcoholic would have been far worse off had the liver not been playing Hepa-filter in the first place, so our fat tissue, by efficiently

Met-Pro Corporation's International Division Receives Equipment ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
CNNMoney.com...three Flex-Kleen high pressure dust collectors and a Strobic Air laboratory exhaust system, including fans, carbon system and HEPA filter units.

Both triggers and treatment for asthma begin at home  -  Aug 5, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,...then it should be kept out of the house as much as possible and floors should be vacuumed frequently, preferably with a Hepa-filter vacuum.

AirPurifiersDirect2U.com Adds Rabbit Air and AllerAir Air ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
PR Web (press release),The Rabbit Air BioGP and Minus A2 models offer a sleek and stylish HEPA air purifier experience for consumers, as well as, a highly-rated HEPA filter and

Office Printers May Pose Health Risks  -  Jul 31, 2007
SlashdotGet a portable HEPA filter and droop it in the vicinity of your printers and your problems (if you have any) will get measurably better. by slughead

Aironic CEO Gerald Marceau on the need to clean the world’s indoor air  -  Jul 30, 2007
Ferret,In the second stage a High Efficiency Particulate Arrestant (HEPA) filter removes all sub-micron size particles; then in the third stage the air is cleansed

Space solves  -  Aug 3, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,It uses the same kind of Hepa filter, but also has three speeds and directional control. 'The UK Cleaning Products Industry Association says that commercial

What’s Going Around: Ragweed Allergies  -  Aug 5, 2007
WISC,Stay indoors with central air-conditioning with a HEPA filter with the pollen count is high. To track the pollen count closest to you, call the National

Nilfisk Offers Haz Mat Vacuums for Mold Cleanup  -  Aug 1, 2007
PCT Online...can be used for mold abatement because of the vacuums’ superior filtration system, including an upstream HEPA filter, filtering 99.97% of particles,

Copley Scientific's new Waste Shot Collector helps simplify ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...to collect hundreds or thousands of shots. Material is trapped in an integral HEPA filter that retains 99.97% of particles over 0.3 microns in size.

new hand dryer really blows up a storm  -  Jul 31, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Unlike traditional hand dryers, which suck up restroom air to warm and blow back onto your hands, the Airblade recycles the air through a HEPA filter.

Tennant releases new V5 canister vacuum  -  Jul 23, 2007
Ferret,...increased productivity and better air quality with superior filtration capability at 99.90% efficiency @ 0.3 microns with the optional HEPA filter.

Blur cleans up with Eureka spot  -  Aug 9, 2007
Digital Arts Online,Holes in the machine’s Hepa filter magically transform into dust particles. Doner creative director Glen Hilzinger said the aim of the spot is to describe

Clean & Green  -  Aug 3, 2007
Bridgeton News,The vacuum cleaner has a HEPA filter to prevent dust and other contaminants from re-entering the air. "When we clean your home, we bring the dirt back with

Things looking up at AGH  -  Jul 24, 2007
Atikokan Progress,...“The Foundation was able to raise funds to purchase a portable X-ray machine and a negative-pressure HEPA filter unit,�? reported Foundation board chair Judi

Mother Battling Cancer Receives Germ-Free Home  -  Jul 22, 2007
MyFox Kansas City,They put in de-humidifiers in the basement and a hepa-filter to clean the air. An anonymous donor provided all of the furniture, and now each Irby child has

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