Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Scientist, professor, and the guy behind Smart Air: @thomastalhelm.bsky.social 👇 010
Reposted by Smart AirThomas Talhelm @thomastalhelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨 It's published! 🚨 This is the big one. 100 cultures, 12,000 people, 108 researchers. Why people (and our most-used surveys) get collectivism wrong and how to fix it. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com 312462
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's the effect of reducing PM2.5 exposure from 16 micrograms to 11. Blood pressure improved. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30208394/ 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For years, we've taught people how to protect themselves from air pollution. Our Clean Air Workshop is not just theory. You also build a DIY air purifier that you can use at home: smartairfilters.com/en/air-pollu... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Indonesia has its worst wildfires in 11 years, and the air is full of smoke. In just over a week, the number of people with breathing problems from the smoke more than doubled, from 50,891 to 113,336. Over 12.5 million people live with the smoke. 100
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Listen, I'm totally biased, but I think you should always have an air purifier on at home. Why? Because studies find health benefits even for lowering from "good" to "even better." This is what I do in my home. www.quora.com/Do-air-purif... 100
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Does an air cleaner help in a classroom that already has a filter in the ventilation system? A study in 17 Los Angeles schools found that classrooms with HEPA air cleaners had 39.9% less PM₂.₅ than other classrooms. 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Does an air cleaner help in a classroom that already has a filter in the ventilation system? A study in 17 Los Angeles schools found that classrooms with HEPA air cleaners had 39.9% less PM₂.₅ than other classrooms. 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In a bigger room, the air can stay cleaner longer, even with the same ventilation. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 010
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Congrats to our founder on his new study in Nature Human Behaviour. 🥳 Data from 100 cultures around the world! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @thomastalhelm.bsky.social 120
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do you need to sit right near the air purifier? This test in a classroom found large reductions in small particles throughout the room. Good work, CR Box! 👏 110
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A virus can be up to 5,000 times smaller than a pollen grain. 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do surgical masks protect me from that new car smell? quora.com/Do-surgical-... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Where does dust build up the fastest in your home? 😅 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When classroom CO₂ dropped from 2,100 ppm to 900 ppm, students completed tasks about 12% faster and made about 2% fewer errors. 020
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Children spend hours each day in classrooms. Clean indoor air is an important part of making these spaces healthier. 031
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A temperature inversion happens when warm air stays above cold air like a cover. This can keep pollution close to the ground. In winter, these air layers can be deeper. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 110
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Are air conditioners air purifiers? We put it to the test! www.quora.com/Is-an-air-co...quora.comIs an air conditioner (AC) also an air purifier?Thomas Talhelm's answer: I put it to the test! I was living in Beijing, and the air outside was polluted, so I tested the air in my apartment with a laser particle counter. This machine tests for tiny... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Are air conditioners air purifiers? We put it to the test! www.quora.com/Is-an-air-co...quora.comIs an air conditioner (AC) also an air purifier?Thomas Talhelm's answer: I put it to the test! I was living in Beijing, and the air outside was polluted, so I tested the air in my apartment with a laser particle counter. This machine tests for tiny... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Better ventilation can help students focus, remember, and perform better in class — by up to 15% in some tasks. 👇 000
Reposted by Smart AirYukon Twitcher @yukonbirder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We use these air cleaners in our home ❤️ ▶️ SMART AIR BLAST MINI - MKII ▶️ SA600 5-SPEED AIR PURIFIER ▶️ SMART AIR SQAIR ▶️ QT3 PORTABLE AIR PURIFIER 001
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Interested in becoming a Smart Air distributor? Find out more here: smartairfilters.com/en/air-purif... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How the best air purifiers in the world work in just two sentences. Really! quora.com/profile/Thom... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wildfire smoke disrupted schools across Indonesia earlier this month. Around 1.4 million students in six provinces had to study online as air pollution from forest and land fires reached dangerous levels. 130
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fine particle pollution was too high in schools 40–70% of the time. 🔻 062
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Smoke from cooking with wood, coal, or kerosene is toxic. It raises the risk of heart disease, stroke, COPD, pneumonia, and lung cancer. Women and children breathe in the most. 100
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026And if the claim is that carbon filters aren't good at capturing other VOCs, here are tests we ran with cigarette smoke (which does include some formaldehyde). 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Who knew making the bed could be part of an air quality study? 🛏️ Making the bed and jumping on it both stirred up particles and bioaerosols. #CleanAir #AirPollution 011
Reposted by Smart AirHoly Frijole 😇🫘 @holy-frijole.bsky.social · 06/09/2026math is mathing with clean air 011
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Less air pollution during pregnancy. Better cognitive scores at age 3. That’s what Columbia researchers found in data from 1,000+ NYC mother-child pairs over two decades. publichealth.columbia.edu/news/clean-a... 152
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This study looked only at outdoor air. Smoke that stayed inside the home was not counted. More: science.org/doi/10.1126/... #AirPollution #WoodSmoke #PM25 #CleanAir #IndoorAirQuality #AirQuality 010
Reposted by Smart AirYukon Twitcher @yukonbirder.bsky.social · 03/09/20261/ Also good for hospital stays, when you have to remove your #N95 mask to eat/drink. Even though hospital air (that I've measured with an #Aranet4 in a couple of 🇨🇦 hospitals) is generally good, it's not risk-free. And nobody needs an #AirborneVirus in addition to whatever put them in hospital - 122
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Desk, dorm, hotel room. Clean air doesn't have to stay in one place. #CleanAir #AirPurifier #SmartAir 130
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not a warehouse. A clean air lending library. These purifiers are ready to head back out into the community, then come back for the next one. Nice work, @cleanairclub.bsky.social 👏 241
Reposted by Smart AirYukon Twitcher @yukonbirder.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I have a Smart Air Sqair in my study ❤️ 011
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We offer free consultations on indoor air for schools, daycares, and public buildings: smartairfilters.com/en/education... 110
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Researchers in England measured how much air pollution different trees captured. Can you guess which tree captured more? www.quora.com/Which-are-th... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Airflow is how much air the purifier moves. CADR is how much clean air it delivers. smartairfilters.com/en/blog/cadr... 010
Reposted by Smart AirThomas Talhelm @thomastalhelm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Happy birthday, Smart Air! 🥳 Keep doing the good work! 021
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Apply through the Google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A box fan, 4 filters, tape. That's a Corsi-Rosenthal box. It was tested 59 times in a real classroom. About 30 minutes after turning it on, PM2.5 levels were 60% lower on average! 💪 #CleanAir #CleanAirForSchools #CorsiRosenthal #AirPollution 432
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Does cleaner air really change anything? Southern California cut its air pollution between the 1990s and 2011. Scientists measured kids' lung function along the way. And their lungs grew better! Teens with low lung function fell from 7.9% to 3.6%. More: nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 000
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Does cleaner air really change anything? Southern California cut its air pollution between the 1990s and 2011. Scientists measured kids' lung function along the way. And their lungs grew better! Teens with low lung function fell from 7.9% to 3.6%. More: nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgAssociation of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children | NEJMAir-pollution levels have been trending downward progressively over the past several decades in southern California, as a result of the implementation of air quality–control policies. We assessed w... 021
Smart Air @smartairfilters.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ruth (@ruthbrooker.bsky.social) is a mom from Bristol. She built a DIY air purifier to help keep her son safe at school. Now she is asking for cleaner air in UK schools. Full interview: smartairfilters.com/en/blog/how-... 0158
