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The modern office environment
strips the air of negative ions and one of the biggest culprits
is the VDU. In addition to the lack of negative ions, one also has
to contend with the cocktail of pollutants produced by all the equipment.
This has an adverse effect on physical and mental health and on
performance. There is ample evidence to suggest that returning negative
ions to the air brings a great improvement in each of these areas.
In 2002, Toyota carried out some research into the effects
of negative ions on computer operation and anxiety. They concluded
that, "negative air ions are effective for the reduction of and
the prompt recovery from stress caused by computer operation". Click
here for the full text.
In a test involving a Swiss bank office, one group of 309
worked in a negative ion-treated environment. A second group of
362 worked in an untreated environment. Over the next several months,
for every day lost to respiratory illness (cold, flu, laryngitis,
etc.) in group one, 16 days were lost to respiratory illness in
group two (Soyka, 1991).
In a Surrey University study at the Norwich Union Insurance
Group headquarters, eight negative ion generators were placed in
the computer and data preparation section. Before the test, the
research team spent a month compiling incident rates for complaints
of sickness and headaches. During the test in which the negative
ion air purification systems were in operation, incidents of sickness
and headaches were reduced by 78%. After testing was completed,
the Norwich Union opted to keep the negative ion electronic air
cleaners (Hawkins, 1990).
The benefits are not just confined to health; concentration
and productivity can also be improved. In the Surrey University
study at Norwich Union headquarters, the employees in the computer
and data preparation section that were exposed to high levels of
negative ions showed a 28% increase in overall task performance.
The more difficult the task, the more dramatic the improvement tended
to be (Hawkins, 1990).
Do you and your bosses (or your employees) a favour and get
a Personal Ioniser today. Order
now.
Important note: For a fantastic whole room ioniser see
our Elanra
MkII product.
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