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There's also the accidental study of air filters where the outside air quality was not that bad. study https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-188 background https://wfis.org/installing-air-filters-in-classrooms-has-su...


Wow. That paper made no effort to even contemplate whether the improvement was related to reduced particulate matter or to reduced organic gasses. The filters were installed in response to a gas leak — one would imagine they were carbon filters.

Sadly, the literature on the effect of gas concentrations on human intellectual function is incredibly muddy.




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