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NEW: Dr. Robert Redfield has joined Big Ass Fans, making him the latest top Trump health official to lend his name and credibility to the air cleaning industry.
But experts told @By_CJewett and me that they question the company's technology @KHNews https://khn.org/news/article/redfield-joins-big-ass-fans-which-promotes-controversial-covid-killing-technology/
But experts told @By_CJewett and me that they question the company's technology @KHNews https://khn.org/news/article/redfield-joins-big-ass-fans-which-promotes-controversial-covid-killing-technology/
The Environmental Protection Agency warns bipolar ionization, which is used in some of the fans, is “an emerging technology, and little research is available that evaluates it outside of lab conditions.”
Academic indoor air quality experts say industry-funded studies don’t translate to real-world conditions when it comes to air cleaning companies.
They rarely make it clear whether the touted “virus-killing” ions are doing the work, experts say, or if it's a fan or filter.
They rarely make it clear whether the touted “virus-killing” ions are doing the work, experts say, or if it's a fan or filter.
They added that high-profile physician sign-ons amount to celebrity endorsements
Redfield follows Dr. Deborah Birx, who signed onto a company that markets some devices that run afoul of California indoor air quality rules, we found https://khn.org/news/article/former-trump-adviser-deborah-birx-joins-air-cleaning-industry-amid-land-grab-for-billions-in-federal-covid-relief/
Redfield follows Dr. Deborah Birx, who signed onto a company that markets some devices that run afoul of California indoor air quality rules, we found https://khn.org/news/article/former-trump-adviser-deborah-birx-joins-air-cleaning-industry-amid-land-grab-for-billions-in-federal-covid-relief/
"I’d much rather see good data transparently released than listen to Deborah Birx talk about how good this technology is when I know she isn’t an expert on air disinfection," William Bahnfleth said.
A spokesperson for Big Ass Fans stressed that its ionization technology does not emit ozone or other byproducts and is not “putting bad things into your lungs.”
But experts worried about potential byproducts, high ion counts, and studies that they say did not mimic the real world.
“When they give you 99.999%, that’s a red flag to any scientist. We don’t know anything to that degree,” Timothy Bertram said. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cdc-director-robert-redfield-joins-big-ass-fans-promoter-of-controversial-covid-killing-technology
“When they give you 99.999%, that’s a red flag to any scientist. We don’t know anything to that degree,” Timothy Bertram said. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cdc-director-robert-redfield-joins-big-ass-fans-promoter-of-controversial-covid-killing-technology
