Magic Carpets Suck Out Air Pollutants
by Mairi Beautyman, Berlin, Germany 
on 08.15.07
Breathe deep: Chances are that air is not as fresh as you would like to think it is. Indoor Air Quality, which is shown to influence both your health and your productivity, is continually affected by airborne pollutants such as smoke, food and cooking smells, ammonia, and other organic odors which can be continually circulated. Well, imagine a carpet that quietly cleans up the air around you. We recently heard about Puralex, a high-tech odor neutralizer introduced by commercial carpet manufacturer Beaulieu Commercial. According to Beauilieu, Puralex breaks down and destroys these airborne pollutants.
"Puralex forms a complex molecular bond that is embedded in the carpet as much as the color," explains press material from Beaulieu. The firm reports independent testing using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved methods shows Puralex reduces total Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions 25-40 percent.
Beaulieu offers Puralex in its Cambridge brand, in Mystic (shown), a new modular carpet tile which contains 85 percent post-consumer recycled content from recycled glass and plastic drink bottles.
The neutralizer is not limited to water-based odors and, the manufacturer says, has no added harmful chemicals and no fragrance. ::Beaulieu Commercial Also see ::Top 5 Plants For Improving Indoor Air Quality Plus, the EPA has a great ::Guide to Indoor Air Quality
Image courtesy of Beaulieu Commercial.
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So does this mean we are to trust the USEPA and the supplier of the added material that there is no risk of exposure relative to the added material, Puralex?
This would be the same US agency that recetly had its climate change status report stepped on by hack monkeys and who's senior enforcement personal took a hike.
I for one would like to see an MSDS for the additive before I would conclude that it is safe to have in my home or workplace.
Nice Band-Aid. Original idea.
It is a salt, there is no MSDS sheet.
But it does work, is permanent and it is VERY popular!
Even salts have MSDS info. The request to see something more of the chemical make-up of this product is sound and advisable. I wouldn't specify use of a new product if the manufacturer is relunctant to prove that it is safe. There are other green carpeting alternatives with more tangible health risks.
JN:
How do you measure that it works and what does it mean to be permanent? Asbestos was popular, and still is if you're in the remediation business.
Have any of you contacted the manufacturer to ask or are you just competitors trying to discredit this technology.
It looks to me like Ecoenvy......
There are MSDS sheets on it, it does work, and it is not harmful like the antimicrobials (pesticides) used in some flooring