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Demand for air purifiers surges by nearly 50pc in Delhi-NCR: Survey

In the wake of poor air quality in Delhi-NCR post-Diwali, air purifier market in India has seen an increase of about 50 percent in its demand, according to an ASSOCHAM survey. The objective of the survey is to measure the hike in demand for air purifying kits across 200 electronic and general stores in Delhi-NCR in past four days. “There has been an explosion in demand for air purifiers which has jumped nearly 50 percent as air quality in and around [...]

Buying an air-purifier: HEPA filters are a must, as is the right size

(Surgical masks, despite their popularity in Delhi these days, are useless against the smog and pollution haze.) The blanket of toxic air over Delhi — the product of road and construction dust, vehicle emissions, crop- and waste-burning, smoke from Diwali fireworks, and the currently prevalent cool, still atmospheric conditions – doesn’t seem to be lifting. While the government struggles to get moving on an effective long-term plan to tackle the problem, many residents have begun to invest in air-purifiers for [...]

Air purifier 1/4 substandard! Leopard meters and other brands on the list

Recently, the State Quality Inspection Administration announced the 10 categories with the daily lives of consumers in relation to the national product quality supervision and inspection results, the air purifier products pass rate for 75.4%, that is to say, the sale of each of the four City air purifier, one belonging to the unqualified products. The sample for the air purifier for the first time national supervision, a total sample of 8 provinces (city) 56 production of 61 batches of [...]

China to deploy the world’s largest outdoor air purifier in Beijing

China will deploy world’s largest outdoor air purifier designed by a Dutch engineer in its smog- hit capital Beijing, as the thick heavily-polluted haze returned to haunt the city, driving people indoors. The seven-meter-tall tower, brainchild of Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde, is undergoing last-minute checks in Beijing’s 751 D Park art area. The ‘Smog Free Tower’ will soon be opened to the public, and will be toured across the country, state-run Global Times said, quoting China Forum of Environmental [...]

New standards set for air purifiers

A new national standard for air purifiers was unveiled by authorities on Friday to bring order to the country’s chaotic purifier market. The draft national standard, which is also made available for public comment on Friday, will include more specific metrics for measuring the performance of air purifiers, including their “clean air delivery rate” and endurance, China daily reported on Saturday. The country’s widespread air pollution problem has given rise to a booming market in air purifiers, with total sales volume [...]

The Science of Air Purifiers and Health: Is There Data?

What is one of the hottest gifts in China? Perhaps you could give “the gift that keeps on giving”: an indoor air purifier. They certainly are all the rage in China since last year, with skyrocketing sales and sold-out inventories after the trio of highly publicized airpocalyptic crises. I think this is a good turn of events: plenty of independent testing,including mine, has documented that a good air purifier can dramatically improve your indoor PM2.5 by 80% or more. [...]

Air Purifier for Spring Allergies

With the peak of the spring allergy season fast approaching, millions of Americans are keeping their tissue boxes close by. The budding trees and blooming flowers associated with the early return of spring mark an increase in itchy, watery eyes, sneezing and other allergy symptoms. Seasonal allergic rhinitis, or “hay fever,” affects more than 20 percent of the people living in the United States, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). Allergies are triggered by substances [...]

Italian man’s portable air purifier bedazzles onlookers

Deal with it. That’s the typical mentality most of the Chinese people have every time the air pollution gets worse. But this Italian young man was apparently not happy about the status quo. On Wednesday, he was spotted carrying a self-made air purifier, while riding on a bike in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. According to the man, who called himself Mike, it cost him about 1,500 yuan($245) to build the device, using a home air purifier and attaching an oxygen mask to it.   Moreover, [...]

What to Look for When Shopping for an Air Purifier

A lot of people worry about the air they breathe. With all of the cars on the road and factories spewing out toxins, air pollution is pretty bad. What a lot of people don’t realize is that indoor air pollution can be even worse than the pollution outside. Indoors we have to deal with things like dust, pet dander, mold spores, pollen, volatile organic compounds, fumes from cleaning products and other household chemicals, the list goes on and on. Some [...]

The classroom should be installed air purifier cited hot.

As schools in Beijing and other parts of northeastern China suspend classes because of the red alert over air pollution, many parents are demanding that air purifiers should be installed for the students. With major pollution days becoming more frequent, students are staying home, often without supervision. Their parents say it would be better if their children were in the classroom, and that’s why schools need to install air purifiers. “Our school bought air filters last year. We did a little [...]