My own mother usually kicks off our phone conversations by asking, “Have you eaten yet?” But since I m
oved to New Delhi three weeks ago, she has adopted a new opening question: “Have you bought a mask or air purifiers?”
This weekend, I finally relented and bought a face mask designed to protect against pollution particles. I did it for mom. But I also did it because Delhi’s air has reached levels of toxicity that are putting my asthmatic lungs — really anyone’s lungs — in serious danger.
I wasn’t the only Delhi-walla looking for protection.
When I arrived at Nirvana Being, a small shop in the city’s upscale Khan Market that sells anti-pollution products, there were at least 15 people in line to buy face masks. By the time I made my purchase, there were around 20 more.
In depth: Delhi’s fight for clean air
“When we opened that store people thought I was nuts,” said Jai Dhar Gupta, who heads the store’s parent company. “Now we have lines for 10 hours a day.”
Gupta declined to share exact sales figures, but he claims to have sold more masks in the past 10 days than he sold all of last year.
It’s a scene playing out all over the city — in pharmacies, electronics stores and anywhere else that sells masks and air filters that might provide relief.
Already notorious because of its toxic air, pollution in Delhi has skyrocketed over the past week. Measurements of dangerous particles taken at the U.S. Embassy in Delhi put the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 999 on Monday, off the standard chart, which finishes at the “hazardous” level of 500.
The suffocating smog has reduced visibility in the city to just a few meters, and the Delhi government has closed schools for at least three days.
The dire situation has taken anti-pollution devices and attire from niche to mainstream, with a report by research firm TechSci predicting that the air purifier market in India will go from 40,000 units to 100,000 units over the next year and generate over $200 million in revenue by 2021.
So,If you don’t want to wear a mask at home/office/school.You should buy a air purifier for home/office/school to ues.
Suggestion air purifiers:
This product has 6 stage filers. Air flow reach:220m³/h.
Anion:50 million cubic centimetre per hour.
Applicable area:40m³
Control operation:Panei Buttons+remote control
Protection Function:Dumping Switch
In addition:It has humidification function.
And the left side of the product call KJ400FK04(A/B/C）is has 6 stage filters too.
Anion:50 million cubic centimetre per hour.
Noise:17.4db
Applicable area:40m³
Control operation:Touch Screen+remote control
Protection Function:Dumping Switch
What’s more, it has big CADR(air flow) reach 350m³/h.
