Tag - Air Filter

20Oct

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 toured...

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20Oct

Home air purifier hope you Have a Happy (and Healthy) Halloween!

Tonight the streets fill with little superheroes, mini-monsters, and petite princesses. But how can you ensure an evening of trick-or-treating doesn’t take a toll on your child’s health without becoming the Halloween Grinch? These Halloween tips from the FDA can help you and your children stay safe and healthy when they go out: Make sure children are accompanied by an adult and stick to the sidewalk. Send children out on a full stomach so they won’t feel tempted to sneak candy.Discourage children from...

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18Oct

Home air purifier:Poor Air Quality Increases Risk Of Stroke

Air quality continues to be a hot button issue across not only the United States, but the entire world. As research pinpoints the negative effects of smog and air pollution on our respiratory systems, new German research has found fine particulate matter has recently been linked to increased levels of stokes in adults. More than 4400 residents of Bochum, Essen, and Mülheim an der Ruhr participated in the study. Participants were selected over the time period from 2000 to 2003, and...

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18Oct

Outdoor Air Purifier Makes Your Wait for the Bus 40% Less Smoggy

China’s campaign to wipe out air pollution reduced the levels of dangerous particulate matter in the air by 11 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Environment. But the country still has a long way to go before the air its citizens breathe every day can be considered healthy. Only eight out of the 74 cities surveyed met basic national air quality standards. In the meantime, public awareness is rising. Pollution masks are hot commodities and startups making new models...

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18Oct

Air Purifying “Towers” to Come to Beijing

World's largest air purifier takes on China's smog. The Smog Free Tower will arrive in China in September, starting with Beijing will create bubbles of clean air in inner-city parks and, Roosegaarde hopes, raise awareness of the dangers of air pollution. When artist Daan Roosegaarde visited Beijing in 2014, he was inspired by what he didn't see.From his hotel room on the 32nd floor, his view of the sprawling Chinese capital was totally obscured by smog."It was all gone," Roosegaarde says....

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18Oct

Restaurants and bars in Beijing with air purifiers

Restaurants and bars in Beijing with air purifiers You don't need to check the AQI to know that the vapour cocktail tingeing everything outside a sickly yellow cannot be good for your health. Our first instinct, being the consummate survivalists that we are, is to get the hell away from that toxic waste ASAP. But where can you go? It's not easy escaping that pervasive little thing called air. We've been asking around and have received confirmation that the following restaurants and bars...

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17Oct

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

What’s the hottest gift this Chinese new year? Perhaps instead of moon cakes and red envelopes, 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...

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15Oct

What Beijing Schools Are Doing About Air Pollution

The worst air pollution levels ever documented in Beijing have led to a flurry of health concerns and an increase in air purifier sales, and, at many international schools around Beijing, a re-evaluation of procedures when the AQI spikes. Seven of Beijing’s international schools responded to questions regarding their pollution policies and what they’re doing to keep their students healthy. The common factor in air pollution policies is that they establish an upper limit for when outdoor activities are canceled, though...

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15Oct

Beijing schools to get air purifiers

Beijing plans to make the installation of air purifiers part of its school construction standards to tackle frequent smoggy weather in the capital, local education authorities said Thursday. Several government departments, including the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (BMCE), are working to draft the city's school construction standards, which will include the installation of air purifiers, said BMCE director Xian Lianping, the Beijing Times reported Thursday. In response to forecasts of heavy smog, Beijing issued two pollution red alerts this winter, under...

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11Oct

Outdoor Air Purifier Makes Your Wait for the Bus 40% Less Smoggy

China’s campaign to wipe out air pollution reduced the levels of dangerous particulate matter in the air by 11 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Environment. But the country still has a long way to go before the air its citizens breathe every day can be considered healthy. Only eight out of the 74 cities surveyed met basic national air quality standards. In the meantime, public awareness is rising. Pollution masks are hot commodities and startups making new models...

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