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The "Lungs" of Our Homes

As trees slowly disappear with growing urbanization, the Rooseveltian lungs are replaced with more dangerous electrical lungs at home, many of which can damage the genetic materials of the human lungs.

FRANKLIN Roosevelt said: “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”

In Cebu today, however, people may have given up “fresh strength” for the material conveniences of an urbanized province. Even the more far-flung towns in the province of Cebu have already shown signs of urbanization. And it will not be long when even forests will cease to be.

Nonetheless, the “lungs” have been replaced with electric air fresheners, with all the varied approaches to freshen the air—at least in the cities and the suburbs.

But four Japanese researchers—three from the Iwate University (Ueda, Morioka, Iwate) Department of Veterinary Medicine and one from the National Institute of Health Services (Kamiyoga, Setagaya, Tokyo)—found three models of household air purifiers, and found these can cause damage to the genetic materials in the lung.

Kosuke Kawamoto and colleagues tested model A (diffuses negative oxygen and positive hydrogen cluster ions); model B (diffuses ultra-small particles of water including hydroxyl radical); and model C (diffuses electrolytic water mist that includes hydroxyl radical and hypochlorous acid by ultrasonic nebulizer). Oxygen ions, hydrogen ions and hydroxyls are radicals commonly referred to as... [Read more.]

This article appears in SunStar Cebu newspaper on 01 June 2011.

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  1. Lola MonroJune 3, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    This is all regarding the news of Breakthroughs Today. The lungs have been replaced with electric air fresheners, with all the varied approaches to freshen the air at least in the cities and the suburbs.

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  2. KevinJuly 29, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    The“lungs” have been replaced with electric air fresheners, with all the varied approaches to freshen the air—at least in the cities and the suburbs.

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