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Air purifiers

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/airclean.html - EPA official guide to air cleaners in the home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_purifier - Wikipedia on air purifiers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionizer - Wikipedia on air ionizers
http://www.allergybuyersclub.com/acr/acr_53.shtml#2 - large air purifiers article answering lots of questions

Indoor Air Quality

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ia-intro.html - EPA official guide to indoor air quality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_air_quality - Wikipedia on indoor air quality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Quality_Index - Wikipedia on the Air Quality Index
http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/lk/links.aspx American Lung Association - big site on indoor air quality
http://www.aham.org/consumer/ht/d/sp/i/1074/pid/1074 - Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers on indoor air quality
http://www.aerias.org/DesktopDefault.aspx - Aerias article on indoor air quality

Cleanrooms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room - Wikipedia on cleanrooms
http://sm3a.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssdif.html - the NASA SSDIF cleanroom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVAC - Wikipedia on HVAC

Dust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust - Wikipedia on dust
http://www.iuoe.org/cm/iaq_iaq_in_home.asp?Item=465 - IAQ news article on dust
http://www.health.com/health/article/0,23414,1047181,00.html - health.com on how to get rid of dust
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-12/912530774.En.r.html - MadSci network bulletin board post on dust

Dust mites

http://www.ristenbatt.com/dustmite.mv - Ristenbatt Vacuum's great blog post on dust mites
http://www.ehow.com/how_2170706_rid-dust-mites.html - Ehow on getting rid of dust mites

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_organic_compound - Wikipedia on VOCs
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/725.html - Consumer Product Safety Commission 1997 update on Formaldehyde
http://www.serconline.org/PBDEs.html - article on PBDEs

Air pollution / smoke

http://www.helium.com/tm/724657/think-pollution-people-think - blog post on air quality with a long list of pollutants
http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/27/3/446 - scientific article on the dangers of wood smoke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke - Wikipedia on smoke
http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/publications/health-impacts/pubs/health-impacts.pdf - an investigation by the Australian government Department of the Environment and Heritage into the health impacts of ultrafine particles
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=873954 - NPR on the Great Smog of 1952
http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/perspect/london.htm - interesting EPA article on the history of London smogs

HEPA and ULPA filters

http://www.filt-air.com/Resources/Articles/hepa/hepa_filters.aspx - this is an amazingly detailed and thorough article about HEPA filters
http://ateam.lbl.gov/Design-Guide/DGHtm/ulpaandsulpafilters.htm - article about ULPA and SULPA filters
http://www.envirco.com/faq.asp - Envirco article on HEPA and ULPA filters

Bacteria and viruses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viruses - Wikipedai on viruses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria - Wikipedia on bacteria

Mold

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/mold/index.cfm - NIEHS on mold
http://www.epa.gov/mold/ - The Unites States Environmental Protection Agency on mold
http://www.mold-help.org - MoldHelp.org - in-depth web site on toxic mold http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ - Mold quiz! (recommended: this is a great web site - educational and fun!)

Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Chemical_Sensitivity - Wikipedia on multiple chemical sensitivity
http://www.iqair.us/residential/helpmechoose/mcs.php - IQair article on multiple chemical sensitivity

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