Animal facilities, plants and collections
C-POLAR and NanoFlashing™ questions, with the company’s answers and the sources they come from.
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All questions in this libraryIs there evidence for use in a kennel with high levels of hair and dander?
The company publishes no test in an animal housing or growing space.
The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter sets where the filter is used: forced-air heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in homes, businesses and institutions that take a panel filter of the stated size and run at or below the rated airflow and maximum face velocity. The conditions tested, listed on the Validation page, are heavy dust loaded, fast air flow, used filter for 1 year, after 60 washes, after 2 years of storage, and after 60C for 64 days. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The company publishes no evidence for use in a kennel, and no test of hair and dander loading. The label instructs: “Use in dry air only. Do not use in ducts carrying liquid water, steam or oil mist, or anywhere the media may become wet.” Enquiries about a setting that is not on the label go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/), C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Contact
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Can a veterinary isolation space maintain its required airflow after a filter change?
The filter's resistance adds to the pressure the system's fan works against, and the label directs that it is not used where it would restrict airflow beyond the system's specification; whether a veterinary isolation space holds its required airflow after a filter change is settled by that system's own measurements, taken after the change.
This site publishes no fan curve, pressure-drop curve, motor load or duct data, and it does not model a particular system. NanoFlashing™ is a permanent positive polarity engineered into filter media itself. It is a physical property of the filter. The filter is passive. It draws no power, and it has no power supply, electrode, lamp or reservoir. The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter states a rated airflow and a maximum face velocity, and instructs: “Do not use where this filter would restrict airflow beyond the system's specification.” It also states: “Improper installation can reduce airflow or damage the equipment.” C-POLAR markets a materials technology.
Source: NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label; C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/).
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- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
Would a stable's dust and humidity exceed the product's intended loading conditions?
The label limits the filter to dry air, and the company publishes no loading assessment for a stable.
The company publishes no test in an animal housing or growing space. The conditions tested, listed on the Validation page, are heavy dust loaded, fast air flow, used filter for 1 year, after 60 washes, after 2 years of storage, and after 60C for 64 days. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter sets where the filter is used: forced-air heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in homes, businesses and institutions that take a panel filter of the stated size and run at or below the rated airflow and maximum face velocity. It instructs: “Use in dry air only. Do not use in ducts carrying liquid water, steam or oil mist, or anywhere the media may become wet.” Enquiries about a setting that is not on the label go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/), C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Contact
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Can an animal shelter safely place units where animals may overturn them?
Where a unit may be knocked over is a question for the maker of that unit, and this site sells no products.
C-POLAR markets a materials technology, and the manufacturer and seller of a finished product are responsible for its design, manufacture, labeling, instructions, claims, sale, and warranty. Every commercial NanoFlashing™ product is made by a manufacturing partner, in their facility, in their format. The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter instructs: “Do not cut, fold, trim, bend, puncture or alter the filter or its frame.” It states: “The frame edges can be sharp.”
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — About (https://cpolar.tech/about/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — About
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Does the proposed filter address odour sources in a litter area or only airborne particles?
The company does not claim that NanoFlashing™ removes odour.
NanoFlashing™ attracts negatively charged particles through electrostatic attraction. The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. Nothing the company publishes addresses odour in a litter area; the published mechanism is the capture of charged airborne particles.
Source: C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ (https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/).
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Could poultry-house dust require a different loading assessment from household dust?
The company publishes no test in an animal housing or growing space.
The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter sets where the filter is used: forced-air heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in homes, businesses and institutions that take a panel filter of the stated size and run at or below the rated airflow and maximum face velocity. The conditions tested, listed on the Validation page, are heavy dust loaded, fast air flow, used filter for 1 year, after 60 washes, after 2 years of storage, and after 60C for 64 days. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The company publishes no loading assessment for poultry-house dust, and it does not treat it as the same as household dust. The label instructs: “Use in dry air only. Do not use in ducts carrying liquid water, steam or oil mist, or anywhere the media may become wet.” Enquiries about a setting that is not on the label go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/), C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Contact
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Is a claimed benefit to animal health supported independently of a claim about air cleanliness?
The company publishes no claim of a benefit to animal health, and a measurement of what a filter takes out of air is not a statement about an animal.
The Terms of Use state: “A laboratory reduction in a virus, bacterium, fungus, particle, or other endpoint does not establish a clinical benefit, fewer infections, disease prevention or treatment, or improved health.” They also state: “Site Content is general information. It is not medical, clinical, engineering, manufacturing, safety, or other professional advice.” The published mechanism is that NanoFlashing™ attracts negatively charged particles through electrostatic attraction, and the filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ (https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/).
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All questionsCan a zoo enclosure use the product without exposing animals to accessible fibres?
The placement and guarding of a unit belong to its maker and its operator, and the company publishes no assessment of animal access to filter media.
C-POLAR markets a materials technology, and the manufacturer and seller of a finished product are responsible for its design, manufacture, labeling, instructions, claims, sale, and warranty. Every commercial NanoFlashing™ product is made by a manufacturing partner, in their facility, in their format. The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter instructs: “Do not cut, fold, trim, bend, puncture or alter the filter or its frame.” It states: “The frame edges can be sharp.”
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — About (https://cpolar.tech/about/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — About
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Does a greenhouse installation need assessment under pesticide-spray residues?
The filter is not equipment for applying a pesticide, and the company publishes no assessment of pesticide-spray residues.
The Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter states: “The filter is not equipment for applying a separately supplied pesticide. It is not sold or packaged with any pesticide.” What a greenhouse sprays into its own air, and what that leaves on a filter, is a matter for the grower and for the maker of the spray; the label instructs that the filter is used in dry air only and not where the media may become wet.
Source: Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., and NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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- Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Would very high greenhouse humidity affect maintenance frequency?
The label limits the filter to dry air, and the company publishes no maintenance interval for a high-humidity greenhouse.
The company publishes no test in an animal housing or growing space. The conditions tested, listed on the Validation page, are heavy dust loaded, fast air flow, used filter for 1 year, after 60 washes, after 2 years of storage, and after 60C for 64 days. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter sets where the filter is used: forced-air heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in homes, businesses and institutions that take a panel filter of the stated size and run at or below the rated airflow and maximum face velocity. It instructs: “Use in dry air only. Do not use in ducts carrying liquid water, steam or oil mist, or anywhere the media may become wet.” Enquiries about a setting that is not on the label go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/), C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Validation
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Contact
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Can an air filter alter pollination conditions in an enclosed growing space?
The company makes no claim about pollination, and it publishes nothing about growing conditions in an enclosed space.
The Terms of Use state: “A laboratory reduction in a virus, bacterium, fungus, particle, or other endpoint does not establish a clinical benefit, fewer infections, disease prevention or treatment, or improved health.” They also state: “Site Content is general information. It is not medical, clinical, engineering, manufacturing, safety, or other professional advice.” The published mechanism is that NanoFlashing™ attracts negatively charged particles through electrostatic attraction, and the filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. Pollen is named among the pollutants the polarity attracts and captures, and that is a statement about capture in a filter, not about pollination in a room.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ (https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/).
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All questionsDoes a hydroponic application require a separate food-production and water-contact assessment?
Yes.
A hydroponic application touches both water and food production, and the company publishes no finished product for either. The Terms of Use state: “As of the Effective Date, the Water, Textiles, Food packaging, and Medical devices chapters describe Research Applications. They do not describe finished products currently available from C-POLAR for those uses.” They also state: “A test of a material, component, sample, or prototype does not establish the safety, efficacy, suitability, durability, compatibility, manufacturability, scalability, or performance of a finished product.” NanoFlashing™ is a permanent positive polarity engineered into filter media itself. It is a physical property of the filter. Enquiries about a proposed application go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/).
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All questionsCan the technology be evaluated for protecting stored seeds without implying a crop-treatment claim?
A proposed use is worked out with a partner, configuration by configuration, and the company publishes no stored-seed application and no crop claim.
The About page states that development runs configuration by configuration, and that each partner controls what is said about the work. The Terms of Use state: “A prospective partner or manufacturer must perform its own testing, validation, compatibility work, safety review, risk review, and quality controls for its proposed product and use.” They also state: “Nothing on the Site authorizes anyone to manufacture, integrate, market, resell, or describe a product as C-POLAR-enabled.” NanoFlashing™ is a permanent positive polarity engineered into filter media itself. It is a physical property of the filter. Enquiries about a proposed application go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — About (https://cpolar.tech/about/), C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/).
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All questionsWould a proposed aquarium-water application need evidence specific to aquatic organisms?
Yes.
An aquarium-water application would need evidence about aquatic organisms, and the company publishes none. The Terms of Use state: “As of the Effective Date, the Water, Textiles, Food packaging, and Medical devices chapters describe Research Applications. They do not describe finished products currently available from C-POLAR for those uses.” They also state: “A test of a material, component, sample, or prototype does not establish the safety, efficacy, suitability, durability, compatibility, manufacturability, scalability, or performance of a finished product.” NanoFlashing™ is a permanent positive polarity engineered into filter media itself. It is a physical property of the filter. Enquiries about a proposed application go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/).
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All questionsCan a livestock operator verify that a product is intended for agricultural use rather than infer it from the name?
A product name is not a statement of intended use; the label states where the filter is used, and the company publishes no agricultural use for it.
The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter sets where the filter is used: forced-air heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in homes, businesses and institutions that take a panel filter of the stated size and run at or below the rated airflow and maximum face velocity. C-POLAR markets a materials technology. The Terms of Use state: “Use evidence, specifications, instructions, and warnings specific to the actual finished product and use.” A livestock operator reads the label on the product in hand and the maker's own instructions for it; enquiries go to [email protected].
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label.
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Sources
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Contact
- NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label
Does a plant-growth claim require endpoints beyond removal of airborne material?
Yes, and the company publishes no plant-growth endpoint; what it publishes is about airborne material.
The Terms of Use state: “A laboratory reduction in a virus, bacterium, fungus, particle, or other endpoint does not establish a clinical benefit, fewer infections, disease prevention or treatment, or improved health.” They also state: “Site Content is general information. It is not medical, clinical, engineering, manufacturing, safety, or other professional advice.” The published mechanism is that NanoFlashing™ attracts negatively charged particles through electrostatic attraction, and the filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction.
Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ (https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/).
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