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MILLION A WEEK CLUB - YRTW 11 --- GET IT YET? SUBSCRIBE TO STAY INFORMED - Continue to DODGE THE RAD

MILLION A WEEK CLUB – YRTW 11 — GET IT YET? SUBSCRIBE TO STAY INFORMED – Continue to DODGE THE RAD

CATCH UP ON MILLION A WEEK CLUB – YOUR RAD THIS WEEK  ARTICLES AND VIDEOS AT tinyurl.com/yrtw Video Subscribe & Share MILLION A WEEK CLUB – YRTW 11 By  Bob Nichols  March 31, 2018 ‘ First, how on earth are you going to find out? Folks, that is a secret, isn’t it? This is a Bad situation for all exposed to the Rad. Now included, for…

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I don’t know why I still keep track of the years.

It’s not like time matters here; it’s not going to come to an end so I don’t know why I even bother tallying the days like the tally marks will eventually just disappear. Maybe it's so I still feel human, maybe it's a compulsion that I'll never shake. 

The time here is infinite, just like they promised in the book. The infinite time you spend here is perfect, just like they promise in the book.

When your existence is limited to a certain time frame, the idea of having an unimaginable amount of that seems alluring. 

It's not. 

After spending my entire life on earth clawing my way to this place: kneeling, praying, repenting, hail Mary’s. I thought this was what I wanted because in all honesty, it was everything that was promised. I guess me wanting to be here so badly was really just a soothing lullaby to the uncertain drone of existence.

It was something to get out of bed for. It was something to feel convicted about, to feel the flame of life in your rib cage burning white hot. It was something to ease the pain of limbo.

I spent all my time on earth trying to overcome my imperfections, and if I wasn't trying to overcome them I was trying my hardest to ignore them. Now that I have none left I don’t know what to do with myself. Even the bright white lights of this place seem dusty and dull, gray washed by God’s hands.

I’ve spent hundreds of years seeing landscapes painted with the brightest colors the universe has to offer, bathing in the warmest sun, swimming in the cleanest waters, tasting foods human hands could never conjure; trying to continue living life like I was still in limbo. After hundreds of years of no flaws, conflict, or hardships the landscape loses its color and the food starts to taste like cardboard.

It’s just always the same outcome. Nothing.

I don’t think I ever adjusted to this place very well, and I don’t know if I ever really want to.

I spend most of my time in the sector of this place that resembles the life I lived on earth. I soar over mountains carved from green marble with a solemn expression, I avoid my family whom I was so excited to reunite with in the afterlife. They stroll cobblestone streets licking ice cream with permanent smiles painted on their faces, like purposeless machines in a perfect place. 

I've always had to have a purpose. A reason to keep pushing on. The monotony of a world without hardships is too much to bare. 

The first time I saw him I thought it was an illusion my desperate mind had created: because here you can do that, so long as the illusion is perfection. I was standing at the edge of a massive, violently blue lake with my hands stuffed deep into my pockets, my white wings swaying like tango dancers in a gentle breeze scanning the surface for something.

Anything. 

My eyes grazed a the edge, dense with forest and stumbled across a silhouette, I leaned in for a closer look, squinting my lids together. A figure of a man in a suit waved his red hand at me, his horns jutting into the air like needles from his head. His eyes burning yellow through the distance that separated us, from afar I could see a smirk creeping onto his face.

I blinked.

He was gone. 

I didn't see him again for what I calculated to be years. Countless times I felt a looming presence lurking in the little shadows this places does have. I felt yellow eyes suggestively pressing against my back and when I would flick my head to confront the things I'd thought I had imagined I'd see streaks of crimson and trails of flax.

The feeling of danger made me feel alive, being threatened gave me purpose again. I had something to run from, or something to run to. I still hadn't decided. 

I just kept scanning the shadows searching for red. 

{The second time I saw him (bridge this better) } I was walking in a vast field of sallow flowers, edged by forest, framed by mountains that rose from the ground stretching high into the sky that yawned over the field, puffs of cotton escaping its throat. I don't know why I was walking, or where I was going. I just was. That's the funny thing that happens here. There is no point, so you wind up doing things just to pass the time that wont end. I personally will never get tired of the sight of rolling creeks and jagged mountain tops. The bottom of my pants were covered in golden dust from flower pollen, my eyes were unfocused drinking in the aged colors of the whiskey country side. The cold air stung my lungs like ammonia and the smell of pine was powerful and hazy. 

My steady one foot in front of the other rhythm was interrupted, I was so focused on making it to the edge of the field that I didn't notice my path was obstructed. My feet tangled themselves in something soft with a thud. My eyes drifted downward and met a small, lifeless figure. I leaned in for a better look.

A cherub. Faceless, buzzing with flies. 

The stench hit me hard enough to bruise my nostrils.  The quintessential cherub features had been gnawed down to bleeding flesh and bone. Its wings fluttered in the soft breeze. The formerly plump little angel appeared to be drained of blood, skin gripping onto its bones like a lover latching to teeth and lips. It was a curious sight to see in a place so beautiful, a morbid contrast. 

I spent what seemed like years staring at that poor little guardian of the good. I was compelled to shed tears for it, but the river in my soul had dried long ago. The sound of rattled breathing awoke me from my hollow trance; I flicked my vision upwards to frame the shot. 

There he was.

His face mere inches from mine.

 Jagged little yellow teeth lining his blackened guns. His eyes were yellow as the field with small dark slits, catlike. Heat radiated off of him, pulsing, radioactive onto my skin.  

"Who are you?" my lungs, tongue, and lips managed to heave out. My fingertips buzzed with uncertain fear, eyes darting back and fourth. 

"Oh please." He rattled, the corner of his red mouth lifting to a half smirk.

"Don't play games." He lilted deeply, "You'll always lose." like a father cooing his terrified child to sleep. 

"Did you do this?" I exhaled waving a trembling finger towards the cherub. My stomach writhing, spit pooling in my mouth as nausea set in.

The smell seemed to have deepened with his arrival.  

His ivory, bowed horns followed his eyes in a dance downwards. His lower lip shoved out in a pout as a "tsk" sound escaped his wet mouth, I swore I saw bits of flesh gripping his gums, his tongue stained as red as his skin from blood. The air around us was becoming hot and thick.

“I was hungry.” He shrugged “Dreadful flavor, those little guys, you’d think all of the fat would make them taste nice and rich.” 

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In Other Waters review – an ocean sanctuary for the meditative explorer • Eurogamer.net

It begins with one of the loveliest interfaces I’ve ever handled, a fluorescent origami puzzle of panels, dials and buttons, at once tactile and ethereal, vintage and high-tech, like a holographic astrolabe. At its centre, a circle of ocean rendered in the style of an old-time sea chart, its delicately nested contours travelling beyond the dashboard into a turquoise haze.

In Other Waters review

Developer: Jump Over the Age

Publisher: Fellow Traveller

Platform: Reviewed on Switch

Availability: Out now on Switch and PC

A tap of space bar sends out a wailing sonar wave, populating that circle of water with triangular waypoints and coloured dots, darting through or forming undulating patterns – creatures, going about their lives without much heed for the fumbling, dive-suited human in their midst. Tap a waypoint to scan it, a brief but evocative description filling a fold-out panel to the right. Push one of the larger buttons to set that waypoint as a destination, a sextant arm locking across the view with a gratifying click. Hit another button to engage the suit’s thrusters, then hit space on arrival to scan your surroundings anew.

This is the heartbeat of In Other Waters, a unique and mesmerising exploration game from Jump Over The Age, set on an alien planet. It’s a tempo that carries you from sunlit shallows to waters clogged with poisonous microbes, from pillars decked with pollen to abyssal reaches that harbour dreadful secrets. There is little to break the rhythm – no in-game antagonist to defeat, and only a small handful of tools such as laser cutters that open up initially inaccessible regions. Even the occasional terrain hazards, which range from stinging veils to pools of corrosive brine, are more like encouragements to keep moving than threats.

That ritual of scanning and setting a course may sound monotonous. During the first of my eight hours with the game, I worried that the cetacean whistles and clicks of the wonderfully tuned interface might begin to grate, that repetition might tempt me to skim past vital pieces of text. That temptation is fiercest when you’re wandering through toxic water, your eye flicking between a dwindling O2 reserve on the left and the leisurely unfolding commentary on the right. But these oppressive regions are manageable enough once your panic is cooled – your suit can metabolise scraps of organic matter for oxygen and power, and the only penalty for running out is being recovered by drone and obliged to start that region over.

After a while, you realise what the game is asking of you: not just curiosity but reflection and a certain method, a willingness to sample this ocean one bit at a time, as a considerate scientist would. You also realise that what you’re doing when you move and scan is weaving two lifeforms together – a xenobiologist, Dr Ellery Vas, who is searching these undiscovered waters for somebody she once knew, and the strange AI unit she finds abandoned on a reef.

Ellery can’t operate the suit herself: rather, she sets broad objectives, region by region, leaving it up to you how you achieve them and what you investigate along the way. Her agency in the field consists of remarking on and writing up the creatures and things you find. You can’t communicate with her beyond responding “yes” or “no” to very infrequent questions, but the act of exploration constitutes a dialogue, a tidal back-and-forth between an AI’s visualisations and a human’s powers of description and analysis.

That player-enacted symbiosis facilitates a well-paced, exposition-lite story about coexisting with nonhuman life, against the ravages of interplanetary capitalism. Ellery is an employee of Baikal, a corporation that strips whole worlds of resources. Working for this entity is the price she pays for escaping an Earth whose seas have been sterilised by climate change. She’s a survivor, then, but she is still a scientist, and Gliese 667Cc – an actual, potentially habitable exoplanet, previously visited by the Alien vs Predator franchise – is everything Earth has lost. You’ll encounter scores of bewitching lifeforms, collecting bits of plant frond or shell with a tool that resembles a shutter-operated camera, and storing them at the laboratory you uncover early in the game.

The lab itself – which serves as a chapter-breaking hub – is a delightful specimen, its floors stacked like slides under a microscope. Here, you can analyse samples you’ve collected to fill out a database, Ellery’s initial observations and speculations blooming into marvellously nerdy accounts of predation and reproduction. The game’s lead designer and writer Gareth Damian Martin is a florid stylist, but he and his co-writers strike a balance in the game between rhapsody and clinical precision. Gather enough data and you’ll unlock a sketch of the creature, a postcard to the AI from Ellery’s world.

The creatures are like nothing else you’ll find in a game, their eerieness only amplified by the knowledge that they are mournful homages to organisms whose habitats we are destroying. I’ll try not to spoil them too much, but we’re a long way from videogame staples like sharks. There’s a huge emphasis on interdependence: every organism is the way it is thanks to its interactions with another, be it turning a much larger organism into a habitat, or cultivating bacteria for food. Some organisms are in fact several, entwined together like Ellery and the AI.

Fascinating revelations, indeed, but as a mechanic the taxonomy system feels a bit wayward. Progress through the game is broadly defined by a database completion percentage, visible on your save file. Maxing a percentage is the hallmark of a more ruthless, acquisitive fantasy than In Other Waters – it clashes with the pliant tone of Ellery’s notes, which often end with yet more questions. Accepting the planet’s mysteries rather than trying to unravel every last one is part of the game’s ecological message, and as such, that touch of completionism seems out of place.

It’s a tiny quibble, though, forgotten the second you venture back out into the water. The game’s colour palette is astonishing, creating an atmosphere most open world blockbusters can only dream of. Beyond that opening wash of radioactive turquoise and sherbet yellow, you can expect glaring stews of red and green, and sunken recesses where the map is a tracery of bone emerging from midnight blue. Amplifying the mood is Amos Roddy’s meditative electronic score, which is elegantly attuned to the unfolding plot. Some of the major dramatic beats are tethered to melodies, played out note by note as you click between lines.

It might seem annoying that you can’t “escape” In Other Waters’ interface and explore the naturalistic three-dimensional landscape hinted at by Ellery’s sketches – certainly, I’d love to see a 3D interpretation of one particular colonial lifeform – but that’s missing the point. The AI’s perspective is reality, its collaboration with Ellery producing a world. That concept of reality as a co-production, fashioned by on-going interaction and acceptance, is anathema to the version offered by Baikal, which cynically divides existence into humans and the things we use. It’s a concept In Other Waters makes you live, scan by scan, waypoint by waypoint, as you contemplate an ocean that is every bit as unreal and fragile as our own.

Disclaimer: In Other Waters creator Gareth Damian Martin is a former Eurogamer contributor.

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Are HEPA Purifiers Enough for Allergies – 3 HEPA Myths Debunked

Have you officially had it with your uncontrollable allergy flare-ups? Sneezing, watery eyes, sinus pressure, and all the usual allergy symptoms that afflict your health commence. Many allergy sufferers are equipped to handle the bouts of symptoms that strike when they step outside but what do you do when your allergy symptoms follow you inside your home? The brutal reality is your home is only as clean as the air within it, and according to the EPA, your indoor air quality can oftentimes be even more polluted than the air present outside. Dust, smoke, VOCs, and other allergens accumulate and create the source of contamination that will eventually lead to potential allergy symptoms within your home. In combating these indoor allergens in your home’s air, many will turn to an allergy recommended HEPA air purifier to remedy their allergy problems. Read Next: http://www.gadgetreview.com/best-air-purifier-for-allergies-and-dust Table of Content

Will an Air Purifier Defeat Allergens?

Selecting an Air Purifier for Allergies

HEPA Filtration (High-Efficiency Particulate Air)

Benefits of a HEPA Air Purifier

3 HEPA Filter Myths Exposed

A HEPA Filter Will Eradicate All Breathing Issues

If an Air Purifier Has a HEPA Filter in it, then it Must Work

Air Purifiers with HEPA Filters Remove Odors

Will an Air Purifier Defeat Allergens?

Allergies are one of the major causes of illness in the United States, and with as many as 50 million people suffering from this condition in the United States the need for alleviating practices to remove allergens, specifically from your indoor air, has become an essential component to allergy relief. Allergens such as pollen, dust, pet dander, dust mites, mold, and even cockroaches will incite the build-up of allergens in your confined indoor air and will lead to a noticeable spike in allergy-like symptoms. Allergens are composed of substances that are foreign to the body that will cause an allergic reaction when certain individuals are exposed to it. Once these foreign substances make contact and enter your passageways it can begin the allergic flare-up that is dreaded by all. Reducing the exposure to allergens and contaminants in your indoor air is critical and the key in defeating these allergens is through the use of an effective air purification device – better known as a HEPA air purifier- that has the ability to filter and eliminate small allergens trapped within the air.

Selecting an Air Purifier for Allergies

Allergens can vary in size and are usually measured in microns. Microns are small particulate matter, usually equal to one-millionth of a meter, that can easily become airborne and present difficulty when trying to completely remove from the environment – and most importantly from the air. Dust mites, household dust, and mold spore allergens – many of the culprits of allergies - are small microns ranging from 0.5 microns to 200 microns in size that will create the potentially unstable indoor environment for allergy sufferers. What can you do to counteract this instability in your home? Air filtration and purification are pivotal in the mitigation of these micron-sized allergens circulating in the air. Air purifiers like the Blueair or IQAir are devices that aid in the removal of air pollutants from the airspace, which can be especially beneficial to those who suffer from allergies. Depending on the air purifier, different technologies are used to target specific pollutants in the air – such as mold spores, bacteria, viruses, particulates, chemicals, and odors. During the selection process of buying an air purifier, especially for allergen removal, it is critical to ensure that the air purification device has the capability to remove fine particulate matter larger than 0.3 microns in size to guarantee the capturing of allergens within the system. Testing on different air purification technologies has shown that particulate matter as small as 0.3 microns in size need an efficient HEPA filtration to trap and prohibit small particles – like allergens – in the filtration system.

HEPA Filtration (High-Efficiency Particulate Air)

HEPA, or High-Efficiency Particulate Air, refers to a type of filter that removes 99.97 percent of particles above a certain size – usually, 0.3 microns are larger. Many allergists recommend a HEPA purifier to those with substantial allergies whose symptoms plague them almost constantly – as a HEPA filter will sift out airborne allergens such as dust, pet dander, pollen, and mold spores by capturing them in the filter reducing the levels in the air drastically. HEPA filters are one of the most reliable and effective allergy reduction applications you can utilize in your home. The origin of this filter began in the 1940s as the U.S. Army Chemical Corps and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission developed the first HEPA filters to assist in the protection against radioactive chemical warfare agents. However, following World War II, HEPA filtration was implemented into commercial and residential environments expanding its protection to all environments. Now, HEPA filtration is primarily used in hospitals, pharmaceutical labs, and even in homes and businesses as a means to reduce any harmful airborne particulates that can potentially impact the environment and health of those exposed.

Benefits of a HEPA Air Purifier

A HEPA air purifier works to intake airborne particles and filter them out of the air supply. HEPA filters trap air contaminants in a complex web of fibers to give it the capability to capture harmful dust, particulate, allergens, pet dander, microorganisms, and more. This filtration is even so effective that the CDC recommends a HEPA air purifier for air filtration for infectious patient isolation. Furthermore, HEPA air purifiers have certain benefits that other air purification systems cannot provide, the benefits of a HEPA filtration include the following: ✓ High-working efficiency ✓ Effective at taking micro-particles out of the air ✓ Ability to reduce allergies and asthma triggers ✓ Particulate removal up to 0.3 microns in size (this consists of allergens such as dust, dander, mold spores, etc.) ✓ Releases no harmful substances or ozone into the environment

3 HEPA Filter Myths Exposed

Even though HEPA filters and purifiers have been called the gold standard in air purification, it is not a cure-all for every allergy, asthma, or respiratory health issue you may be presented with. For many, the assumption that HEPA filtration can eradicate all breathing issues, be completely efficient air purification, and that a HEPA will remove any and all odors are some myths that are about to become exposed.

Myth: A HEPA Filter Will Eradicate All Breathing Issues

An air purifier is only a component to allergy relief, not a complete remedy. Some allergens are heavy, such as pollen, which will bring them down to the surfaces quicker than an air purifier can collect them. Over time an air purifier will take in these allergens, but for those who are suffering from allergies you want and need relief to be sooner rather than later. However, depending on the CFM rating of the air purifier these allergens could be collected faster. Nonetheless, you still will want to incorporate other allergy remedy practices in your home such as using chemical-free cleaning products, washing bedding in hot water, or even utilizing a dehumidifier within your personal environment.

Myth: If an Air Purifier Has a HEPA Filter, then it Must Work

For air purification, two key measurements include efficiency and effectiveness – but both can be measured differently depending on the filter type. HEPA filters are known for both their effectiveness and efficiency in air filtration and particulate removal, but to think that your HEPA filter is effective against every and all air pollutants is simply a myth. HEPA filters, although extremely effective against fine particulate matter, they have an inability to effectively remove many indoor air pollutants including mold, viruses, bacteria, gases and VOCs (Volatile Organic Chemicals) that are released into the air. When you are looking for an effective HEPA air purifier – especially one with a HEPA filter that also effectively removes mold, viruses, bacteria, gases, and VOCs – looking at the different stages of filtration that the system provides is important to ensure that your home is getting protection against a wide variety of indoor air pollutants.

Myth: Air Purifiers with HEPA Filters Remove Odors

HEPA filters contain a vast amount of capabilities, however, not included in this long list is the ability to neutralize odors in the air. Many air purifiers claim to remove odors from the air, but odor neutralization can only be accomplished through an additional filtration system in your air purifier. Air purifiers like the EnviroKlenz Mobile System, incorporate both HEPA filtration as well as chemicals and odor neutralization through a proprietary technology that utilizes earth minerals – with no carbon used at all. Selecting an air purifier with both stages of filtration will aid in the removal of both particulates and odors in your personal indoor air and help to improve and/or eliminate allergens from the environment to aid allergy sufferers. Resource Articles:

Enhancing indoor air quality –The air filter advantage - National Center for Biotechnology Information | Sept. 2015

National Center for Biotechnology Information - WebMD

Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home - EPA | May 2008

Are HEPA Purifiers Enough for Allergies – 3 HEPA Myths Debunked is available on GadgetReview - helping consumers buying process

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Are HEPA Purifiers Enough for Allergies – 3 HEPA Myths Debunked

Have you officially had it with your uncontrollable allergy flare-ups? Sneezing, watery eyes, sinus pressure, and all the usual allergy symptoms that afflict your health commence. Many allergy sufferers are equipped to handle the bouts of symptoms that strike when they step outside but what do you do when your allergy symptoms follow you inside your home? The brutal reality is your home is only as clean as the air within it, and according to the EPA, your indoor air quality can oftentimes be even more polluted than the air present outside. Dust, smoke, VOCs, and other allergens accumulate and create the source of contamination that will eventually lead to potential allergy symptoms within your home. In combating these indoor allergens in your home’s air, many will turn to an allergy recommended HEPA air purifier to remedy their allergy problems. Read Next: http://www.gadgetreview.com/best-air-purifier-for-allergies-and-dust Table of Content

Will an Air Purifier Defeat Allergens?

Selecting an Air Purifier for Allergies

HEPA Filtration (High-Efficiency Particulate Air)

Benefits of a HEPA Air Purifier

3 HEPA Filter Myths Exposed

A HEPA Filter Will Eradicate All Breathing Issues

If an Air Purifier Has a HEPA Filter in it, then it Must Work

Air Purifiers with HEPA Filters Remove Odors

Will an Air Purifier Defeat Allergens?

Allergies are one of the major causes of illness in the United States, and with as many as 50 million people suffering from this condition in the United States the need for alleviating practices to remove allergens, specifically from your indoor air, has become an essential component to allergy relief. Allergens such as pollen, dust, pet dander, dust mites, mold, and even cockroaches will incite the build-up of allergens in your confined indoor air and will lead to a noticeable spike in allergy-like symptoms. Allergens are composed of substances that are foreign to the body that will cause an allergic reaction when certain individuals are exposed to it. Once these foreign substances make contact and enter your passageways it can begin the allergic flare-up that is dreaded by all. Reducing the exposure to allergens and contaminants in your indoor air is critical and the key in defeating these allergens is through the use of an effective air purification device – better known as a HEPA air purifier- that has the ability to filter and eliminate small allergens trapped within the air.

Selecting an Air Purifier for Allergies

Allergens can vary in size and are usually measured in microns. Microns are small particulate matter, usually equal to one-millionth of a meter, that can easily become airborne and present difficulty when trying to completely remove from the environment – and most importantly from the air. Dust mites, household dust, and mold spore allergens – many of the culprits of allergies - are small microns ranging from 0.5 microns to 200 microns in size that will create the potentially unstable indoor environment for allergy sufferers. What can you do to counteract this instability in your home? Air filtration and purification are pivotal in the mitigation of these micron-sized allergens circulating in the air. Air purifiers like the Blueair or IQAir are devices that aid in the removal of air pollutants from the airspace, which can be especially beneficial to those who suffer from allergies. Depending on the air purifier, different technologies are used to target specific pollutants in the air – such as mold spores, bacteria, viruses, particulates, chemicals, and odors. During the selection process of buying an air purifier, especially for allergen removal, it is critical to ensure that the air purification device has the capability to remove fine particulate matter larger than 0.3 microns in size to guarantee the capturing of allergens within the system. Testing on different air purification technologies has shown that particulate matter as small as 0.3 microns in size need an efficient HEPA filtration to trap and prohibit small particles – like allergens – in the filtration system.

HEPA Filtration (High-Efficiency Particulate Air)

HEPA, or High-Efficiency Particulate Air, refers to a type of filter that removes 99.97 percent of particles above a certain size – usually, 0.3 microns are larger. Many allergists recommend a HEPA purifier to those with substantial allergies whose symptoms plague them almost constantly – as a HEPA filter will sift out airborne allergens such as dust, pet dander, pollen, and mold spores by capturing them in the filter reducing the levels in the air drastically. HEPA filters are one of the most reliable and effective allergy reduction applications you can utilize in your home. The origin of this filter began in the 1940s as the U.S. Army Chemical Corps and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission developed the first HEPA filters to assist in the protection against radioactive chemical warfare agents. However, following World War II, HEPA filtration was implemented into commercial and residential environments expanding its protection to all environments. Now, HEPA filtration is primarily used in hospitals, pharmaceutical labs, and even in homes and businesses as a means to reduce any harmful airborne particulates that can potentially impact the environment and health of those exposed.

Benefits of a HEPA Air Purifier

A HEPA air purifier works to intake airborne particles and filter them out of the air supply. HEPA filters trap air contaminants in a complex web of fibers to give it the capability to capture harmful dust, particulate, allergens, pet dander, microorganisms, and more. This filtration is even so effective that the CDC recommends a HEPA air purifier for air filtration for infectious patient isolation. Furthermore, HEPA air purifiers have certain benefits that other air purification systems cannot provide, the benefits of a HEPA filtration include the following: ✓ High-working efficiency ✓ Effective at taking micro-particles out of the air ✓ Ability to reduce allergies and asthma triggers ✓ Particulate removal up to 0.3 microns in size (this consists of allergens such as dust, dander, mold spores, etc.) ✓ Releases no harmful substances or ozone into the environment

3 HEPA Filter Myths Exposed

Even though HEPA filters and purifiers have been called the gold standard in air purification, it is not a cure-all for every allergy, asthma, or respiratory health issue you may be presented with. For many, the assumption that HEPA filtration can eradicate all breathing issues, be completely efficient air purification, and that a HEPA will remove any and all odors are some myths that are about to become exposed.

Myth: A HEPA Filter Will Eradicate All Breathing Issues

An air purifier is only a component to allergy relief, not a complete remedy. Some allergens are heavy, such as pollen, which will bring them down to the surfaces quicker than an air purifier can collect them. Over time an air purifier will take in these allergens, but for those who are suffering from allergies you want and need relief to be sooner rather than later. However, depending on the CFM rating of the air purifier these allergens could be collected faster. Nonetheless, you still will want to incorporate other allergy remedy practices in your home such as using chemical-free cleaning products, washing bedding in hot water, or even utilizing a dehumidifier within your personal environment.

Myth: If an Air Purifier Has a HEPA Filter, then it Must Work

For air purification, two key measurements include efficiency and effectiveness – but both can be measured differently depending on the filter type. HEPA filters are known for both their effectiveness and efficiency in air filtration and particulate removal, but to think that your HEPA filter is effective against every and all air pollutants is simply a myth. HEPA filters, although extremely effective against fine particulate matter, they have an inability to effectively remove many indoor air pollutants including mold, viruses, bacteria, gases and VOCs (Volatile Organic Chemicals) that are released into the air. When you are looking for an effective HEPA air purifier – especially one with a HEPA filter that also effectively removes mold, viruses, bacteria, gases, and VOCs – looking at the different stages of filtration that the system provides is important to ensure that your home is getting protection against a wide variety of indoor air pollutants.

Myth: Air Purifiers with HEPA Filters Remove Odors

HEPA filters contain a vast amount of capabilities, however, not included in this long list is the ability to neutralize odors in the air. Many air purifiers claim to remove odors from the air, but odor neutralization can only be accomplished through an additional filtration system in your air purifier. Air purifiers like the EnviroKlenz Mobile System, incorporate both HEPA filtration as well as chemicals and odor neutralization through a proprietary technology that utilizes earth minerals – with no carbon used at all. Selecting an air purifier with both stages of filtration will aid in the removal of both particulates and odors in your personal indoor air and help to improve and/or eliminate allergens from the environment to aid allergy sufferers. Resource Articles:

Enhancing indoor air quality –The air filter advantage - National Center for Biotechnology Information | Sept. 2015

National Center for Biotechnology Information - WebMD

Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home - EPA | May 2008

Are HEPA Purifiers Enough for Allergies – 3 HEPA Myths Debunked is available on GadgetReview - helping consumers buying process

Are HEPA Purifiers Enough for Allergies – 3 HEPA Myths Debunked published first on http://www.gadgetreview.com/

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MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10 - With More On Dreaded Radioactive Pollen, Dead Radioactive Trees that Don't Rot, and the Reactors that are Cooking the Planet

MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10 – With More On Dreaded Radioactive Pollen, Dead Radioactive Trees that Don’t Rot, and the Reactors that are Cooking the Planet

Facing a Dying Nation MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10

By Bob Nichols March 24, 2018

Are you in a city that gets a Million Counts of Radiation a Week? First, how on earth are you going to find out? Folks, that is a secret, isn’t it?

This is a Bad situation for all exposed to the Rad. Now included, for the 10th Week of 2018 just passed, all cities above 10,000,000 CPM Year to…

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HELLO WORLD! DREADED RADIOACTIVE POLLEN, DEAD CHERNOBYL RADIOACTIVE TREES THAT DON'T ROT, SAD AND PATHETIC COVER STORY OF "GLOBAL WARMING" AND THE MILLION A WEEK CLUB - WEEK 10 - YOUR RAD THIS WEEK

HELLO WORLD! DREADED RADIOACTIVE POLLEN, DEAD CHERNOBYL RADIOACTIVE TREES THAT DON’T ROT, SAD AND PATHETIC COVER STORY OF “GLOBAL WARMING” AND THE MILLION A WEEK CLUB – WEEK 10 – YOUR RAD THIS WEEK

Facing a Dying Nation MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10 By Bob Nichols March 24, 2018 Are you in a city that gets a Million Counts of Radiation a Week? First, how on earth are you going to find out? Folks, that is a secret, isn’t it? This is a Bad situation for all exposed to the Rad. Now included, for the 10th Week of 2018 just passed, all cities above 10,000,000 CPM Year to…

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MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10 and about the Dreaded Radioactive Pollen...

MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10 and about the Dreaded Radioactive Pollen…

Facing a Dying Nation MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10

By Bob Nichols March 24, 2018

Are you in a city that gets a Million Counts of Radiation a Week? First, how on earth are you going to find out? Folks, that is a secret, isn’t it?

This is a Bad situation for all exposed to the Rad. Now included, for the 10th Week of 2018 just passed, all cities above 10,000,000 CPM Year to…

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Million a Week Club - YRTW 10 - by Bob Nichols

Million a Week Club – YRTW 10 – by Bob Nichols

Facing a Dying Nation

– with details on Radioactive Pollen and More

MILLION A WEEK CLUB – Your Rad this Week – Week 10

By Bob Nichols March 24, 2018

Are you in a city that gets a Million Counts of Radiation a Week? First, how on earth are you going to find out? Folks, that is a secret, isn’t it?

This is a Bad situation for all…

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HELLO WORLD! Are you in a US city that gets a Million Counts of Radiation a Week? How on earth are you going to find out? MILLION A WEEK CLUB - YRTW 11 by Bob Nichols! Get it!?!

HELLO WORLD! Are you in a US city that gets a Million Counts of Radiation a Week? How on earth are you going to find out? MILLION A WEEK CLUB – YRTW 11 by Bob Nichols! Get it!?!

cATCH UP ON MILLION A WEEK CLUB – YOUR RAD THIS WEEK VIDEOS AT tinyurl.com/yrtw-Video subscribe & share MILLION A WEEK CLUB – YRTW 11 By  Bob Nichols  March 31, 2018 ‘ First, how on earth are you going to find out? Folks, that is a secret, isn’t it? This is a Bad situation for all exposed to the Rad. Now included, for the 11th Week…