What does NanoFlashing do to viruses, bacteria and fungi?

Does the Tampere result measure capture or destruction?

The company's position is that the filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures, that it destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge, and that the filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction.

The Validation page names Tampere University, Finland among the institutes that tested NanoFlashing™, and the Viruses page names it among those that tested the viruses listed there.

The company has not published which endpoint the Tampere University testing measured. Enquiries go to [email protected].

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/), C-POLAR — Viruses (https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/) and C-POLAR — Contact (https://cpolar.tech/contact/). A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does a claim about a virus refer to an infectious endpoint or only detection of genetic material?

The peer-reviewed publication behind the technology is Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, doi:10.1128/spectrum.04097-23. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. ISO 18184 is a contact test on the medium against a control, not an airborne or in-use result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page names the institutes that tested NanoFlashing™, and the endpoint a given test measured is in that test’s own report.

The company has not published, on its pages, which endpoint each test measured. Enquiries 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/); Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does a result for one strain support the broader species wording used in a claim?

A result for one strain is a result for that strain, and the company names each organism it tested.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. It reports activity values against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and against bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. An activity value is a difference against a control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, ISO 13629-2:2014; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Is evidence for an enveloped virus being extended to non-enveloped viruses?

The viruses tested are named one by one, and each result belongs to the virus it was run on.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The company names the organisms that were tested. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. The Validation page names Tampere University, Finland among the institutes that tested NanoFlashing™. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. ISO 18184 is a contact test on the medium against a control, not an airborne or in-use result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does evidence concerning vegetative bacteria support wording about bacterial spores?

The company names the bacteria tested, and it publishes no separate result for bacterial spores.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The company names the organisms that were tested. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. It reports activity values against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and against bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. An activity value is a difference against a control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows. The company's published wording names fungal spores, and it does not name bacterial spores.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does a fungal claim distinguish spores from other fungal material?

The company's published wording is fungal spores, and the fungi tested are named.

The company names the organisms that were tested. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, ISO 13629-2:2014. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 21 September 2026.

Can loss of viability be mistaken for removal of allergenic material?

Destroying a captured organism is not the same as removing allergenic material, and the company keeps the two apart: its Statement of Classification states that the filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures, the company publishes no allergen measurement, and its pages state that NanoFlashing™ attracts and captures pollen.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. NanoFlashing™ attracts negatively charged particles through electrostatic attraction. Once attracted, the particle is captured by NanoFlashing™. When a captured pollutant has a fragile structure, NanoFlashing™ destroys it on contact through a physical mechanism. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge.

Source: C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ (https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does a public target list distinguish organisms actually evaluated from organisms mentioned only as examples?

Yes.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The Validation page lists the organisms under the heading of what was tested, together with the institutes that tested them. The company names the organisms that were tested. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. It reports activity values against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and against bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, ISO 13629-2:2014. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does the evidence concern contaminants on the material or contaminants leaving the complete product?

The laboratory testing concerns the material and the filter, and the Validation page also reports measurements in four buildings where NanoFlashing™ was installed.

At a public hospital in Vancouver, two identical towers were compared, one on conventional medical grade filters and one on NanoFlashing™, and bioaerosols were measured at the NanoFlashing™ supply vent. The other three were measured before and after the air handling unit filters were changed to NanoFlashing™. The Validation page says these were measured with MicronView's 405 nm Bio-fluorescent Air Monitoring System. Each is one building over one period, and it is not a result for another building. The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The Terms of Use state: “Each reported result belongs to the C-POLAR material, component, or prototype that was tested. The maker of a finished product confirms the performance of that product, because construction, processing, storage, wear, cleaning, other components, and actual use are part of it.” They also state: “Use evidence, specifications, instructions, and warnings specific to the actual finished product and use.” Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. ISO 18184 is a contact test on the medium against a control, not an airborne or in-use result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter states: “Results in a building depend on the system, the airflow, and how well the filter fits its track.” On what leaves the filter, the company's position is that the air leaving the filter has had nothing added to it.

Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Is a claim of reduced regrowth supported separately from an immediate test result?

The company's claim is that the filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures, and its Validation page contrasts this with conventional filters, on which captured microbes remain viable for weeks to months; it publishes no separate regrowth test.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The company's position, set out in section 2.6 of its Statement of Classification, is bounded. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. Among the conditions tested listed on the Validation page is a used filter for 1 year. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Can physical damage seen in an image establish loss of infectivity by itself?

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions.

The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” They also state: “Images and descriptions may show concepts or prototypes. They are not specifications, instructions, validation reports, recommendations, warranties, offers, promises, or commitments.” The Validation page names the organisms tested and the institutions that tested them. Each numbered report the company cites is named in text with its institution and number, not only shown in a picture. The company does not offer an image as proof that an organism has lost its infectivity. An image is not the evidence.

Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does a claimed broad-spectrum effect rely on a biologically justified scope rather than a long target list?

The published claim rests on a physical mechanism and on the organisms named as tested, not on the length of a list.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The company names the organisms that were tested. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. It reports activity values against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and against bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Each result belongs to the organism, the article and the standard named in its report. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows. The charge does not act on organisms only; the filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction, and in single-pass laboratory testing it captured pine-needle smoke and ultrafine particles better than the control filter, and smoke is neither a pest nor alive.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, ISO 13629-2:2014. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Are findings for a harmless test surrogate identified as surrogate evidence?

The company names each organism tested, including Phi6 bacteriophage, which the NanoFlashing™ Air page describes as “an enveloped virus model”, bovine coronavirus and pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. Its virus result is against bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Sung, Wu, So et al., Scientific Reports (2023) 13:13947, doi 10.1038/s41598-023-41245-8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41245-8, tested pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2 by name, comparing a filter with C-POLAR against a control filter in a vertical wind tunnel at a face velocity of 1.3 m/s. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/), C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/) and C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ Air (https://cpolar.tech/air/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; Sung, Wu, So et al., Scientific Reports (2023) 13:13947, doi 10.1038/s41598-023-41245-8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41245-8. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does a claim about a newly named variant rely on direct evidence or an extrapolation?

The company names the viruses tested, and a newly named variant that is not on that list was not among them.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The company names the organisms that were tested. On the Validation page the viruses are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage; the bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis; the fungi are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus brasiliensis, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. The Validation page names Tampere University, Finland among the institutes that tested NanoFlashing™. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” The test article, the organism, the method, the control, the conditions, the contact time, the sample and the endpoint identified in a report are the limits of what that report shows.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation (https://cpolar.tech/validation/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Could an assay's response to the material be mistaken for a change in the biological endpoint?

The peer-reviewed publication behind the technology is Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, doi:10.1128/spectrum.04097-23. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. An activity value is a difference against a control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page names the institutes that tested NanoFlashing™, and the endpoint a given test measured is in that test’s own report.

The company has not published the methods behind its results on its pages. Enquiries 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/); Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Is a report's stated biological endpoint preserved accurately in every public summary?

The peer-reviewed publication behind the technology is Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, doi:10.1128/spectrum.04097-23. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. An activity value is a difference against a control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page names the institutes that tested NanoFlashing™, and the endpoint a given test measured is in that test’s own report.

The company has not published a test-by-test summary of endpoints on its pages. Enquiries 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/); Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does the evidence support the word sterilise rather than a narrower reduction claim?

The company does not use the word sterilise.

Its wording is bounded, as section 2.6 of its Statement of Classification sets it out. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. The Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” A statement about what happens on the filter is not a statement about a room, a surface or an instrument. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. An activity value is a difference against a control fabric. It is not a percentage destroyed and not an airborne result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions.

Source: C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™ (https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/) and C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, ISO 20743 and ISO 18184; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Can a product claim distinguish limiting contamination of the filter from protecting its users?

Yes: the company's claim that the filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures is a claim about what happens on the filter.

The core science is peer-reviewed and published: Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, co-authored by 31 scientists from 18 research institutions. The company's position is that the filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures, and that it destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. The label for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter states: “It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. It works alongside ventilation and cleaning, not in place of them.” The Terms of Use state: “Laboratory results report the organisms, particles, and endpoints that were measured. C-POLAR makes no clinical or medical claim from them.”

Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use (https://cpolar.tech/terms/); NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label, and Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc.; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Do the germs caught in the filter get blown back into the air in my house?

The Validation page states that on a conventional filter, captured microbes “remain viable on the filter for weeks to months and are released back into the air,” and that NanoFlashing™ “won’t.”

The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. The Validation page’s sentence rests on the destruction of the organisms held on the filter. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. The organisms were Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Each is a contact test on the filter medium against a control material. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page also reports measurements in four buildings where NanoFlashing™ was installed, each over its own period. At a public hospital in Vancouver, two identical towers were compared, one on conventional medical grade filters and one on NanoFlashing™, and bioaerosols were measured at the NanoFlashing™ supply vent; the page says these were measured with MicronView's 405 nm Bio-fluorescent Air Monitoring System.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., sections 2.5 and 2.6; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Once the filter has caught a virus or bacteria, can it come loose and go back into the room?

The Validation page states that on a conventional filter, captured microbes “remain viable on the filter for weeks to months and are released back into the air,” and that NanoFlashing™ “won’t.”

The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. The Validation page’s sentence rests on the destruction of the organisms held on the filter. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. The organisms were Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Each is a contact test on the filter medium against a control material. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page also reports measurements in four buildings where NanoFlashing™ was installed, each over its own period. At a public hospital in Vancouver, two identical towers were compared, one on conventional medical grade filters and one on NanoFlashing™, and bioaerosols were measured at the NanoFlashing™ supply vent; the page says these were measured with MicronView's 405 nm Bio-fluorescent Air Monitoring System.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., sections 2.5 and 2.6; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Your site says ordinary filters release the microbes they catch back into the air. Does a NanoFlashing filter release them too?

The Validation page states that on a conventional filter, captured microbes “remain viable on the filter for weeks to months and are released back into the air,” and that NanoFlashing™ “won’t.”

The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. The Validation page’s sentence rests on the destruction of the organisms held on the filter. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. The organisms were Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Each is a contact test on the filter medium against a control material. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page also reports measurements in four buildings where NanoFlashing™ was installed, each over its own period. At a public hospital in Vancouver, two identical towers were compared, one on conventional medical grade filters and one on NanoFlashing™, and bioaerosols were measured at the NanoFlashing™ supply vent; the page says these were measured with MicronView's 405 nm Bio-fluorescent Air Monitoring System.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., sections 2.5 and 2.6; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

What test shows that captured bacteria and mould spores are not released from the filter downstream?

The tests the company names for bacteria and mould spores measure their destruction on the filter medium, not their release downstream, and the company's position rests on the destruction of the organisms the filter holds.

The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026, a laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, tested a MERV 15A filter medium under ISO 20743 and ISO 18184. The organisms were Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae under ISO 20743, and bacteriophage Phi6 under ISO 18184. Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026, tested a filter medium against Aspergillus brasiliensis and Aspergillus niger under ISO 13629-2:2014. Each is a contact test on the filter medium against a control material; it is not an airborne result, and it does not measure what leaves a filter in use. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The Mold page shows airborne mold spores at 1.6 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the mold, and destroys it.” The Mold page also states that researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in a study with funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, tested NanoFlashing™ with more than 100 million live, dry spores driven in by fast-moving air. The Validation page also reports measurements in four buildings where NanoFlashing™ was installed, each over its own period. At a public hospital in Vancouver, two identical towers were compared, one on conventional medical grade filters and one on NanoFlashing™, and bioaerosols were measured at the NanoFlashing™ supply vent; the page says these were measured with MicronView's 405 nm Bio-fluorescent Air Monitoring System.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., section 2.6; Textile Testing Institute – Brno (TZÚ), Test Report AZL 26/0757-02, 3 July 2026; Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Report D/26/B0483, 6 August 2026; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/; C-POLAR — Mold, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/mold/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does NanoFlashing kill the virus that causes COVID?

In a laboratory test, live SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was reduced on contact with a test material; that test did not pass the virus through a filter in moving air.

The peer-reviewed paper Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, reports live SARS-CoV-2 in contact with a test material, determined under ISO 18184; it is a contact test, not an airborne result. The Validation page lists human coronavirus 229E and Coxsackievirus B6 among the viruses tested; neither of those two viruses is SARS-CoV-2. A second peer-reviewed paper, Scientific Reports (2023) 13:13947, compared a C-POLAR test filter with a control filter against an aerosolised pseudotyped virus, and reports that the C-POLAR test filter captured more of it. That virus is the pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2 named on the Validation page, a laboratory model, not live SARS-CoV-2. Each of these is a laboratory result; none is a result on a filter in use in a building, and none measures COVID-19 in people. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The peer-reviewed paper is Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, September 2024, doi 10.1128/spectrum.04097-23. The paper reports laboratory results on SARS-CoV-2 in contact with NanoFlashing™ Textile, on aerosolised bovine coronavirus passed through a test filter in a wind tunnel, and on bacterial viability on NanoFlashing™ Textile; each result belongs to the article that was tested.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., section 2.6; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, September 2024, doi 10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Scientific Reports (2023) 13:13947, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41245-8; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Has NanoFlashing been tested against SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus?

In a laboratory test, live SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was reduced on contact with a test material; that test did not pass the virus through a filter in moving air.

The peer-reviewed paper Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, reports live SARS-CoV-2 in contact with a test material, determined under ISO 18184; it is a contact test, not an airborne result. The Validation page lists human coronavirus 229E and Coxsackievirus B6 among the viruses tested; neither of those two viruses is SARS-CoV-2. A second peer-reviewed paper, Scientific Reports (2023) 13:13947, compared a C-POLAR test filter with a control filter against an aerosolised pseudotyped virus, and reports that the C-POLAR test filter captured more of it. That virus is the pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2 named on the Validation page, a laboratory model, not live SARS-CoV-2. Each of these is a laboratory result; none is a result on a filter in use in a building, and none measures COVID-19 in people. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The peer-reviewed paper is Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, September 2024, doi 10.1128/spectrum.04097-23. The paper reports laboratory results on SARS-CoV-2 in contact with NanoFlashing™ Textile, on aerosolised bovine coronavirus passed through a test filter in a wind tunnel, and on bacterial viability on NanoFlashing™ Textile; each result belongs to the article that was tested.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., section 2.6; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, September 2024, doi 10.1128/spectrum.04097-23; Scientific Reports (2023) 13:13947, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41245-8; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

The list of viruses tested says human coronavirus 229E. Is that the COVID virus?

Human coronavirus 229E and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are two different coronaviruses, and the Validation page lists them as two separate viruses tested.

A result on one virus is not a result on another. The Validation page lists human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6 and SARS-CoV-2 among the viruses tested.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does NanoFlashing work against flu viruses?

In a laboratory contact test, influenza A virus (H3N2) recovered from a filter medium, the test material, was lower than from a control material.

Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014, and the report records a logarithm of antiviral activity of 4.34 for that medium against a control material. ISO 18184 measures virus recovered from the test material against a control material; it is a contact test on the medium, not an airborne or in-use result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.” The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., section 2.6; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Would NanoFlashing work against bird flu or the next pandemic virus?

On the Validation page the viruses tested are SARS-CoV-2, human coronavirus 229E, Coxsackievirus B6, bovine coronavirus, pseudo-type SARS-CoV-2, influenza A H3N2 and Phi6 bacteriophage, and the Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.”

The company makes no claim for H5N1 bird flu or for any future pandemic virus. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge.

Source: C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, section 3, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., section 2.6.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does NanoFlashing kill good bacteria too, not just the bad ones?

The filter works only on the air that passes through it, and the company does not claim that it tells a bacterium that causes illness from one that does not.

The company publishes no test on beneficial bacteria; the bacteria it names as tested are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The air leaving the filter has had nothing added to it.

Source: Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., sections 2.4 and 2.6; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Isn't killing all bacteria a bad thing? Most bacteria are harmless.

The filter works only on the air that passes through it, and the company does not claim that it tells a bacterium that causes illness from one that does not.

The company publishes no test on beneficial bacteria; the bacteria it names as tested are Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. The air leaving the filter has had nothing added to it.

Source: Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, NF Technical Products Inc., sections 2.4 and 2.6; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Is NanoFlashing™ an antimicrobial treatment?

C-POLAR does not describe NanoFlashing™ as an antimicrobial treatment, and it states that the filter has not been treated with a biocidal product and does not incorporate one.

NanoFlashing™ is a permanent positive polarity engineered into filter media itself. It is a physical property of the filter. The filter captures airborne particles mechanically and by electrostatic attraction. The filter is intended to destroy the viruses, bacteria and fungal spores it captures. It destroys them on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge. A laboratory report may use its own standard's terms, such as the antibacterial activity value of ISO 20743; that value is a measurement against a control fabric, in the laboratory's words, not the company's description of the product.

Source: Statement of Regulatory Status for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, sections 2.1, 2.5, 2.6 and 3.5, C-POLAR Technologies, Inc., 11 September 2026; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, section 2.6, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.

Reviewed on 21 September 2026.

How can a filter destroy viruses without a chemical?

NanoFlashing™ destroys a captured virus on direct contact with the positive electric charge, by physical means, and only while the organism is captured by the positive electric charge.

NanoFlashing™ is a permanent positive polarity engineered into filter media itself. It is a physical property of the filter. The polarity is a positive electric charge at rest. NanoFlashing™ attracts negatively charged particles through electrostatic attraction. The NanoFlashing™ page states: “Once attracted, the particle is captured by NanoFlashing™. When a captured pollutant has a fragile structure, NanoFlashing™ destroys it on contact through a physical mechanism.” Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. ISO 18184 measures virus recovered from the test material against a control material; it is a contact test on the medium, not an airborne or in-use result. The Viruses page shows airborne virus at 1.3 m/s airflow, NanoFlashing™ beside a control, and states: “NanoFlashing™ captures the virus, and destroys it.”

Source: C-POLAR — NanoFlashing™, https://cpolar.tech/nanoflashing/; Statement of Classification for the NanoFlashing™ Air Filter, section 2.6, issued by NF Technical Products Inc.; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014; C-POLAR — Viruses, https://cpolar.tech/contaminants/viruses/.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.

Does the C-POLAR website make health claims it cannot support?

The Terms of Use state: “Laboratory results report the organisms, particles, and endpoints that were measured. C-POLAR makes no clinical or medical claim from them.”

A quotation on a page is the words of the person named with it: the home page quotes Prof. Michael K. Mansour, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, and names him with his words: “The utilization of NanoFlashing™ as an essential interrupter, breaking the chain of microbial spread, and reducing infections in multiple applications, results in improved overall health.” The published Terms of Use state: “A citation, quotation, name, logo, link, or third-party test does not by itself mean that the third party sponsors, endorses, certifies, or approves C-POLAR, a C-POLAR product, a Site claim, or a proposed use.” The peer-reviewed paper is Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, September 2024, doi 10.1128/spectrum.04097-23. The paper reports laboratory results on SARS-CoV-2 in contact with NanoFlashing™ Textile, on aerosolised bovine coronavirus passed through a test filter in a wind tunnel, and on bacterial viability on NanoFlashing™ Textile; each result belongs to the article that was tested. Its authors state: “Our findings have several limitations, including a need for clinical studies on nosocomial infections in hospital or healthcare settings.” The field observations on the Validation page are measurements of bioaerosols and particulates in hospitals, airports, banks and universities, made with MicronView’s 405 nm Bio-fluorescent Air Monitoring System, which distinguishes biological particles from inert dust in real time. A measurement of particles in the air is not a measurement of health. The label states: “It works alongside ventilation and cleaning, not in place of them.” For the air filter, the label states: “It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.” 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.”

Source: C-POLAR — Terms of Use, sections 3, 4 and 7, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; C-POLAR — Home, https://cpolar.tech/; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; NanoFlashing™ Air Filter label; Gong, Or, Sze et al., Microbiology Spectrum 12(9), e0409723, American Society for Microbiology, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04097-23.

Reviewed on 6 October 2026.