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10 minutes to read Residents of the Salt Lake Valley in Utah have recently experienced an inversion, which is a meteorological condition where a cap of warm air keeps cold air trapped close to the ground. This is fairly common during Utah winters, but this year, Utah’s air quality during the inversion has been ranked among the worst in the nation. Additionally, inversions and similar weather co...

Camfil, one of the world's largest and most technologically advanced air filtration companies, is proud of their ability to meet the performance demands for HEPA filters used in the nuclear industry. As a company that began by supplying HEPA filters to the new Swedish nuclear industry in the early 1960s, Camfil has a long history of excellence and innovation in the field of nuclear containm...

Riverdale, NJ — Molecular, or gaseous, filtration of both air and water is essential for odor and corrosion control across many industries. Following the recent launch of their CamPure 8 media in the United States, Camfil’s molecular filtration team explains how this activated alumina-based media is applied to a variety of contexts. What is CamPure 8 used for? CamPure 8 is a high-quality chemi...

7 minutes to read The dangers associated with secondhand smoke are undeniable; it is estimated that secondhand smoke causes 7,000 deaths from lung cancer every year in the US alone. To reduce these health risks, many states have implemented smoking bans in public places. However, there is an ongoing debate between proponents of smoking bans and those arguing for air filtration systems as a more...

Following the recent launch of their CamPure 8 media in the United States, Camfil’s molecular filtration team explains how this activated alumina-based media is applied to a variety of contexts. Molecular, or gaseous, filtration of both air and water is essential for odor and corrosion control across many industries. Following the recent launch of their CamPure 8 media in the United States, ...

It is commonly understood that air pollution causes or worsens a wide range of health problems in the cardiorespiratory system, but the effects of poor air quality go beyond the lungs and heart. In a new resource by Camfil, a global air filter engineering, research, and manufacturing company, air quality experts explain new research about the link between ambient air quality and chronic kidn...

Although HEPA filters were invented in the 1950s, devices that used them have seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. In response, the market has been filled with thousands of products that claim to use HEPA filters without the factory testing to back it up. In a new online resource, air filtration professionals from Camfil USA explain how HEPA filters work and how to determine which...

8 minutes to read Air pollution is scientifically correlated to a range of health conditions, and causal links between air pollution exposure and deadly diseases including stroke, chronic kidney disease, heart disease, lung diseases, and other conditions. Overall, the impact of air pollution on our health results in reduced life expectancy. In this article, air quality experts from global air f...

8 minutes to read While there is plenty of research out there pinning the dangers of workplace air quality on things like printer ink, furniture off-gassing, and air fresheners, there is one source of indoor air pollution that has not been so thoroughly investigated: our breath, our body temperature, and a little thing called CO2. While the data is not nearly complete as many air scientists wou...

13–15 minutes to read According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 88% of American households reported some form of air conditioning with 66% of those households having central AC. In the nation’s geographical areas where summer temperatures and humidity are higher, the number is closer to 95%. However, according to the IEA, (International Energy Agency) only 8% of the 2.8 billion p...