Sunday, December 04, 2005

Cures gongorrhea too?














Consumer Reports calls air purifier ‘unhealthy’
Sharper Image's Ionic Breeze fails to clean air, magazine says


Updated: 12:46 p.m. ET April 5, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - Consumer Reports magazine is taking renewed aim at a popular air purifier made by The Sharper Image two months after it fended off a libel lawsuit filed by the machine’s retailer.


The magazine reports in its latest issue hitting newsstands Tuesday that Sharper Image’s Ionic Breeze Quadra Silent Air Purifier and four other similar machines fail to significantly clean the air — but also release potentially unhealthy levels of ozone.