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The washable filter captures 99.97 percent of dust, pollen, and allergens down to 0.3 microns in size.
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Nena Farrell, Wired News, 10 July 2025
An even more advanced version, this one has a slimmer silhouette that’s still made to take in up to 99.97% of particles down to 0.3 microns in size.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Advertisement Advertisement One of the biggest environmental dangers of fireworks displays is the dispersal of fine particles of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and more, measuring just 2.5 microns—or 2.5 millionths of a meter.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 July 2025
California and Oregon are among the U.S. hotspots for dangerous submicron (PM1) air pollution—those with particles less than a micron, or a millionth of a meter wide—according to new research.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Nena Farrell, Wired News, 10 July 2025
An even more advanced version, this one has a slimmer silhouette that’s still made to take in up to 99.97% of particles down to 0.3 microns in size.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Advertisement Advertisement One of the biggest environmental dangers of fireworks displays is the dispersal of fine particles of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and more, measuring just 2.5 microns—or 2.5 millionths of a meter.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 July 2025
California and Oregon are among the U.S. hotspots for dangerous submicron (PM1) air pollution—those with particles less than a micron, or a millionth of a meter wide—according to new research.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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“Micron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micron. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän 
Medical Definition
micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
called also micrometer, mu
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