In-room air purifiers improve classroom IAQ near Ground Zero
For weeks, trucks carrying smoldering, dirty wreckage from the site passed in front of the school. Both the trucks and the particles in the air from the wreckage contributed to the poor air quality at schools like PS/IS 89. This air quality also concerned the local Parent Teachers Association (PTA), which sought assurance that the school was contaminant-free and that air quality standards met expectations.
Although many New York City Schools suffered from poor air quality under extreme circumstances, they are not alone, according to John Fee, manager of business development for Blueair, Inc. "Many schools across the nation bear the same problem of poor air quality," Fee said.