Consumer's Union

[Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>]

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There was an article in the New York times this weekend about Consumer
Reports and Sharper Image. For those of you not familiar with Consumer
Reports, it's a well regarded magazine here in the States that does
reviews of various products scientificially. In a recent article,
Consumer Reports claims that the Ionic Breeze product is completely
ineffective at cleaning air. Of course, Sharper Image sued them, and
the suit was dismissed. It's apparantly not against the law to tell
people the truth in some fields.

In a later study, Consumer Reports looked at ionizing air cleaners,
and said that not only do they not clean air, but they introduce
potentially harmful amounts of ozone. Sharper Image's CEO called this
advisory "irresponsible."

- -dave

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