Are There National Health Standards for Air Filter Performance?
No. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked groups of experts to recommend national standards, but no Federal standards have yet been adopted. So far they have concluded there isn’t enough research data on the relationship between air filtration and actual health improvement to recommend national standards.When you shop for air filters, you will find several rating systems that compare filters. But these are not health-related rating systems. They are standards used by manufacturers or manufacturers’ organizations, and provide little guidance for the health-conscious shopper. How Can I Find a Quality Air Filter Against Home-Pollution? Although the FDA has no health-related standards, it does consider some portable air filtration systems to be Class II medical devices. In the United States, nothing can claim this status without FDA approval. To get approval, a manufacturer must show two things: (1) that the device is safe, usually indicated by the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) s
