Tag - Does Home Air Purifiers Really Work?

Air purifier market to pick up—— online sales will continue to grow

The Ministry of environmental protection 16 days to report, expected in November 16th this year to 20, North China, Huang Huai, Guanzhong area will appear heavy pollution, large range of air is expected to Beijing, Tianjin, the air quality in southern Hebei province and other regions will reach 4 consecutive days of severe pollution, part of the city in a certain period of time will be seriously polluted. Insiders said that in recent years, frequent haze that city residents gradually [...]

Air Purifier Bike

Recently, a website published 2013 annual consumption China keywords. Among them, the “haze” on the list. The data show that the national Amoy friends against the haze of a spent 870 million yuan. Masks, air purifiers, indoor treadmills and other goods were bought 4 million 500 thousand times. The haze from the north to the south of the way that the diffusion. One weekend I call Shenzhen buddy ride together, he was relentlessly rejected — recently is haze, I [...]

Beijing to get largest air purifier

To the bafflement of some local residents, the world’s largest outdoor air purifier arrived in Beijing to help the capital combat its persistent hazardous smog. The brainchild of Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde, the tower is  undergoing last -minute checks in Beijing’s 751 D Park art area. The public, meanwhile, are bemused by the tower’s function and have called on authorities to curb dangerous sources of polluting particles. The Smog Free Tower will soon be opened to the public, and will be [...]

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 world’s largest air purifier is turning Beijing’s dirty air into diamonds

As smog season starts to hit China, Studio Roosegaarde, a design team led by award-winning Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde, unveiled their pollution-fighting Smog Free Tower in Beijing last Thursday. According to the press release, at 7 meters in height, the Smog Free Tower is the largest air purifier in the world — and it’s mobile! Meaning that it can help to clean up other cities if it ever runs out of smog to eat in Beijing.Reuters reports that the tower [...]

Does Home Air Purifiers Really Work?

Does the EPA Advocate the Use of  Home Air Purifiers? To reduce the contaminants that lower air quality in the home, the Environmental Protection Agency first and foremost recommends minimizing or eliminating the sources of the pollution and increasing ventilation in order to replace bad air with good. “[Air purifiers] may help control the levels of airborne particles including those associated with allergens.” – United States Environment Protection Agency (August 2009) However, there are limitations to how much of each of these [...]