[Greenbuilding] Hydroxyl radical air cleaning devices

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On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:22:24 -0400, Reibstein, Rick (ENV)  
<rick.reibstein at state.ma.us> wrote:

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> Is anyone aware of whether FIFRA registration has been obtained (or is  
> necessary, I would think it would be, if you make claims of killing  
> pests), or if reliable assessments have been performed of these devices,  
> or if the OH ions are indeed safe and effective?  See, for example,  
> http://www.hgiind.com/
>
> Any leads appreciated.
>
> Rick Reibstein
> Manager, Outreach and Policy
> Office of Technical Assistance and Technology
> Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts


I seem to have  vague recollection (okay,okay... everything is "vague" in  
my noggin these days) of Don Fugler (formerly a Senior Researcher/IAQ  
ex-splurt at CMHC) having a perturbed bee in his bonnet about the  
"healthfulness" claims made by the purveyors of negative ion generators  
back in the 1990s.

Unfortunately, I can't recall any of the specifics of what it was about  
those claims that made him crazy.

What I do remember though is one fine Autumn morning, walking through some  
woods with Don and being impressed by his ability to use his head as a  
percussion instrument.

Then again, my wonky memory may have it all wrong and negative ion  
generators may have been "two thumbs up" with Don.

( I've copied the former Fungal Fun-guy on this message with the intention  
that he'll get miffed at my misrepresentations/manglings of the facts and  
briefly emerge from retirement (and his new hobby of re-moulding the  
minds/vocabularies of pre-schoolers) to set things aright.

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Rob Tom					AOD257
Kanata, Ontario, Canada

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