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Article: Consumer Reports renews criticism of popular air purifier
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- April 5, 2005
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PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-05-2005
Dateline: SAN FRANCISCO
Consumer Reports magazine is taking renewed aim at a popular air purifier made by The Sharper Image two months after it fended off a libel lawsuit filed by the machine's retailer.
The magazine reports in its latest issue hitting newsstands Tuesday that Sharper Image's Ionic Breeze Quadra Silent Air Purifier and four other similar machines fail to significantly clean the air _ but also release potentially unhealthy levels of ozone.
The article is being published two months after San Francisco-based Sharper Image agreed to pay the magazine's publisher, Consumers Union, $525,000 (euro407,500) in legal costs ...