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Question from jenbooks

I have a new dilemma :).

I live in the city. I’ve been using double Holmes window fans most of the summer as its healthier than air conditioning. However the city soot comes in and that’s very unhealthy.

I bought a fan that had a clip on air filter that was some kind of dark polyurethane mesh that did not seem very high quality and smelled chemical.

I wonder if there is an all natural, fiber type filter that I could cut and put in the fan? I am not sure if the fiberglass filters in hardware stores that can be cut for a/c’s are actually healthy (do fiberglass particles get airborne? And also these filters are coated with chemicals.)

Do you know of any natural or healthy filters?

I was wondering if adapting a sheer piece of cotton would work?

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