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During President Barack Obama's recent visit to the Indian capital, India's deteriorating air quality has become a topic.
Statistics are certainly grim.
For example, the air in Bangalore is toxic on any day, just as toxic as the smoke from inhaling six cigarettes every day when inhaling Delhi air, equivalent to 20 cigarettes a day, according to a study by the United Nations Environment Programme.
No wonder sales of air purifiers have soared.
The air purifier is a small portable machine that removes bacteria, viruses and particulate matter that can be inhaled.
For the same power used by ceiling fans, it uses a variety of filtration techniques to remove major contaminants including dust, pollen, mold, dandruff and tobacco smoke.
Please also read: polluted air in Delhi may force Obama to stay indoors. No official scientific research has confirmed that air purifiers can relieve breathing difficulties.
But that doesn't affect sales.
Shas Hank Sinha, senior marketing general manager at Eureka Forbes, said its sales have increased 60% to 70% over the past two years --three years.
Whether or not scientifically verified, consumers are looking for a clean air option.
Jayati Singh, head of Philips air purifier business, said inquiries have soared 20% in the past six months.
Philips last year launched a range of products selling between Rs 15,000 and Rs 49,000.
"At present, 50% of our buyers are foreigners, but Indians are also exploring the technology," Singh said . "
Sales of Philips air purifiers are mainly concentrated in Delhi and Bangalore.
The price of sharp air purifier is between Rs 15,000 and Rs 30,000.
"We sell 1,100 to 1,200 units per month," said Shuvendu Mazumder, national product manager at Sharp . ".
"We have the highest sales in Delhi NCR, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bangalore and Mumbai.
70% of what we sell is for individual customers, who usually have patients at home.
"These devices are also very high. end variant.
Vijay Kannan, head of the Swedish brand Blueair India, said their product cost was between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1.
Recently, the US embassy in Delhi purchased 1,800 blue air purifiers for its staff.
Now the hotel is offering allergies.
Free rooms with heavy air filters.
For example, ITC Maurya in Delhi has introduced 80' allergy-
Free rooms in 2013.
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As Mazumder points out, personal sales are mainly driven by family diseases.
Vikas, Delhi-
Headquartered in administration, he purchased an air purifier of Rs 30,000 for his asthma mother in last October and reported symptoms relief.
For Barun Aggarwal, director of the Paharpur Business Center in Delhi, the reason for buying this machine is his fiveyear-
Son's breathing and nasal congestion
"These symptoms are now relieved.
Since we bought a purifier two years ago, my wife, who is prone to winter cough, has not had an attack, "said Aggarwal.
In early 1990, most Indians living in urban areas moved from tap water to pure water.
The market value of water purifiers in India today is Rs 3,500, according to market consulting firm deeppak Advisors.
Can the air purifier become the next RO?
It may depend on the actual effect of these gadgets.
While some personal user accounts may be positive, Dr. Ashish Jain, a senior consultant at Max Hospital in Delhi, said he did not recommend air purifiers, because no research has yet been done to finalize the link between air purifiers and improved breathing.
However, he added: "Given the serious outdoor air pollution,
This also affects the indoor environment.
"One can" assume "that air purifiers can provide some relief for patients with respiratory problems," Jain said . ".
The problem, technical experts say, is that the filters inside the air purifier do not capture all allergens that can cause asthma.
However, the more worrying issue is the use of ionization filtration technology in certain air purifier brands.
In fact, this process produces ozone, which can cause damage to the lungs in the long run.
When it comes to breathing clean air, we obviously lack choice.
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