WICHITA, Kan., March 23, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- You can breathe cleaner indoor air -- and take charge of your indoor environment -- with a new approach to fighting indoor air pollution and allergens: the Purifan Clean Air System (http://www.purifan.com/inyourhome).
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The Purifan air purifier helps asthma and allergy sufferers -- there are more than 50 million in the U.S. -- find relief, often within days. Basements and sick rooms smell fresh. Cooking odors are eliminated. And smokers and non-smokers may find a new way to get along indoors.
Purifan is different from other air purifiers in both design and results. Purifan works high, not low. It is installed on the ceiling, replacing the blades of a ceiling fan. It uses the fan's motor for power. Air is drawn upward -- part of its unique air purifier design -- where it is moved through a five-stage filtering system.
Purifan then captures allergens, mold, dust and other microscopic contaminants -- even smoke. Clean air is returned to the room.
"With our Purifan air purifier, homeowners and others can have a dramatically cleaner space in which to live and work," says Mael Hernandez, president of Heartland Technologies. Heartland manufactures and distributes Purifan. Purifan is seeking additional distributors nationwide to handle growth.
Indoor air pollution affects millions
Indoor air pollution can aggravate allergies and asthma, health conditions, and weaken immune systems. Sometimes, they just make the air smell bad. The issue is even more alarming when we consider that Americans spend 90 percent of their day indoors, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Purifan has been dramatically improving indoor air quality since sales began for its air purifier six years ago -- all with virtually no marketing or advertising. Thanks to word-of-mouth referrals, today there are tens of thousands of Purifans at work in homes, schools, bars, restaurants, nursing homes and more.
Invented by a rule-breaker
Paul Fiacco, a high school math and science teacher, invented Purifan in 1997. He was recovering from an auto accident and unable to follow the "house rule" of smoking only outside. He tried other air purifiers already on the market. However, they were inefficient, loud -- or just didn't work.
Then one day, he happened to look up at his ceiling fan -- and instantly realized that air circulation was the key. He theorized that incorporating a filter system into a ceiling fan could be the solution. Fiacco began designing computer models and prototypes.
He finalized his air purifier design in 1998 and the first Purifan shipped in March 2000. Today, Fiacco continues his research to enhance Purifan and develop other health-related products.
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