Statement of Jeff Asher, Vice President and Technical Director, Consumers Union of the United...

Byline: Consumers Union

YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers Union stands fully by its article, "Air Cleaners: Some Do Little Cleaning," published in the October 2005 issue of Consumer Reports. In a statement issued this morning, The Sharper Image offered journalists a misleading and inaccurate characterization of the results of our latest testing of its Ionic Breeze room air cleaner.

It is important to note that Consumers Union performs two separate tests on air cleaners we review: a test of the product's ability to clean the air - i.e., t