air purification sales surge as canadians anticipate smoky summer stuck indoors

People in Western Canada are hoarding air purifiers and heavy duty air purifiers.
They expect another summer to be trapped indoors due to wildfire smoke.
\"People are preparing,\" said Nadine Serwatkewich, who manages the filter store warehouse at Prince B George\'s BGE. C.
The sales surge began in the summer of 2018, when there was record smoke, she said.
The wild season floats over the city, sometimes blocking the sun.
\"It\'s crazy,\" she said . \"
\"We have a manufacturing plant in Edmonton and they are building [products]
Send them out as quickly as possible. \"B. C.
City is one of the most polluted cities in the world. central B. C.
As the Air Quality Health Index reaches 10 in a row, or a \"very dangerous\" level, it is recommended to stay indoors for a few weeks at a time in 2018.
According to a global survey conducted by Greenpeace using IQAir data, the smog is so severe that Prince George and the neighboring quesner were among the 10 most polluted cities in the world in August 2018.
The smoke also drifted into major centers such as Edmonton and Vancouver, and retailers said they also saw corresponding sales growth in air purification supplies.
Best Buy, Canada, said that although sales of air purifiers have increased nationwideC.
In 2018, Alberta Sarais rose more than 2019, and similar trends are expected to continue.
A spokesman for Home Hardware said sales have increased significantly due to many forest fires in the West, and Canadian Tire companies said they have seen a \"substantial increase\" in B\"C.
The highest jump.
Statistics Canada did not directly track the sales of purifiers, but said there was an increase in the category of purifiers included in 2018.
It\'s not surprising to avoid the sales bump of mallThe, Paul Blanco, the Pine Center Mall of the business manager, North BayC.
The largest indoor shopping center.
He added $8,500 to his budget so he could purchase carbon filters for the 130 roof HVAC units in the mall, as well as a pair of industrial air washers to capture any penetration through doors and windows
Blanco said thousands of people, including evacuees, visited malltoescape smoke and struggled with the fever in the cabin, feeling the responsibility to give them a safe breathing space.
He said: \"The way things are developed . . . . . . I think we have to be more prepared to deal with the smoke every year . \".
This is Sarah Henderson\'s suggestion from B. C.
The WHO Center for Disease Control says people should consider building \"clean air shelters \"--
Equipped with rooms or buildings that filter particles from wildfire smoke.
Henderson suggested smoking.
The easy-to-appear community will buy air purifiers for their most frequent rooms, especially the bedrooms.
She said high.
The quality filter is a worthwhile investment and people who live in rental units should talk to the landlord about what protection measures are available.
On top of that, she said, city and health officials should consider how they can help people who don\'t have a home during the smoggy season.
\"There will be warm shelters in very cold winter,\" she said . \".
\"In wildfire smoke, we can talk about the same thing, and we open up cleaner air shelters so that people can take refuge in a cool and clean environment.
Henderson said the library and community center could serve as a shelter and she heard more from the municipal leaders who were interested in the idea.
\"This problem is in everyone\'s heart and everyone is trying to find something that will work in the future,\" she said . \".