=20 > I totally know what you mean. But there's a point at which living in a > dusty/polluted environment wont do you any good. Dusty/polluted is not th= e > same as naturally "dirty". Dusty/polluted is just toxic. Smoking wont mak= e > you more resistant to smoke. I just want to keep most of the dust out of = the > air. I don't care too much about allergens and such. I don't mind anythin= g > biological or alive. Just the man made pollutants of a busy down town cit= y Filtrete micro allergen filters are close to HEPA specs, and are available = from h/w store or online(e.g. filtersfast.com). These will take care of most particulates. From what you are describing, you will need a chemical filte= r to remove man-made pollutants from downtown air. Carbon filters should do the trick, but for whole apartment filtration these are probably not cheap. =20 Maybe moving to a suburb is a better option? :-) Sergey Dryga http://beaglerobotics.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .