Allergies Causes and relief
Allergies vary by the time of the year. In the spring, tree pollen is the predominate cause of airborne allergic reactions. Late spring to early summer, grass pollen can make us miserable. In the late summer to early fall, ragweed pollen and other weed pollen is the culprit. Mold spores can bother us through most of the year. Click the button above to popup the Pollen Count and Four-Day Pollen Forecast for your ZIP code.   Purifying Negative ions help remove allergy- causing particles from the air in the room. They do this by causing allergens such as pollen, mold spores, dust, and pet dander floating in the air (which have either a neutral or a positive charge) to be attracted to and stick to each other, forming 'clumps' (because opposite charges attract). These clumps of particulates then become heavy enough so that gravity can simply pull them down to the floor, where they can be vacuumed up, rather than staying in suspension where they can be breathed in and cause allergic reactions. (They do not directly "cure" allergies, hay fever, or sinus problems.)	Negative ionization of the air does a superb job of eliminating most tiny particles that float in the air. They are normally suspended in the air (even when the air in the room seems calm) just by the normal convective air currents. You've seen dust floating in a beam of sunlight shining in the window, haven't you? Well, when an ionizer is in operation in the room, you see very little (if any) of that.   It's really something to see. That is the reason they can help people with allergies: they help remove dust, pollen, mold spores, and other allergens from the air.   Because there is no fan (like in filter-type air filters or room air purifiers), the dust on floors and tables is not stirred up, and so the air in a room with a negative ionizer in use can become exceedingly free of dust, pollen, mold spores, and other allergens. And, the air does not have to pass through a filter or fan to be cleaned; the air throughout the room is purified.   Besides the pop-up pollen count, find out what's bothering your allergies now at http://www.aaaai.org. They also have a nice e-mail service you can subscribe to.
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