The rise of the air purifier industry
beijing residents gasp for fresh air in the city of smog
by：Yovog
2023-05-22
BEIJING (Reuters)-
Liu has endured long-standing smog in Beijing, China\'s capital for years, but he doesn\'t want to take any risks when his daughter is born.
The salesman now carries a hand-held pollution sensor with him.
On days when air pollution reached a dangerous level, his toddler\'s daughter was limited to her home, and a pair of constantly spinning air purifiers made breathing safer.
Liu said he was a subordinate.
Middle-class Beijingers estimated that he spent more than 40,000 yuan ($6,375)
In the past few years, to combat the impact of pollution on the small cloud tree.
\"If we don\'t think of a way to balance it, or find some basic way to help us recover, our health will eventually be destroyed,\" 37-year-
Old told Reuters
Like millions of Chinese, Liu and his family have paid for decades of red
The hot economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, but it has caused environmental losses due to rapid industrialisation.
In the past seven years, the amount of particulate matter in Beijing\'s air was less than 2.
5 microns in diameter (PM2. 5)
According to data from a monitoring station in the United States, the average daily approach is five times the recommended level set by the World Health Organization. S. embassy.
The medical effects of continuous exposure are sobering.
Scientists at Greenpeace and Peking University attributed more than 257,000 of premature deaths in 31 Chinese cities to pm2. 5, according to a study conducted in 2013.
Make it a bigger killer than smoking.
With more and more air quality data, awareness of the dangers of Beijing\'s sky is on the rise.
Anyone can monitor contamination using an app that provides a pm2 hour update.
Level 5, based on government or the United StatesS.
Embassy readings
According to TechSci, sales of air purifiers are expected to grow by 33% over the next five years, but they are not cheap. High-
The end can sell more than 3,600 yuan ($574)
Average monthly salary in Beijing. BYE-
Some foreigners in Beijing are considering leaving China forever. J.
Kim, a South Korean who has worked there for more than 10 years, said he recently developed rhinitis and asthma due to breathing polluted air during his work in Beijing.
When pollution hit record levels in January 2013, Kim decided to leave. This phenomenon is called \"Air pollution \".
He sent his children to South Korea last year and will join them once his electric car maker company finds the right position.
\"There is nothing they can do for the Chinese, but as a foreigner I can choose to live here or somewhere else,\" he said . \".
Public discontent with the state of the environment is rising, which proves to be a powerful catalyst for the government to start taking the environment seriously.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told parliament in his opening speech on 2014 that China would \"declare war on pollution \".
A tougher environmental law came into force in January.
A new environment minister was in charge on Friday.
But one expert said citizens must step up efforts to ensure that environmental protection measures overcome commercial interests.
\"In China, we need extensive social participation and public supervision to ensure that the law is implemented,\" Ma said on June . \" Founder of the Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs.
At present, Liu does not see a glimmer of hope in Beijing\'s toxic clouds.
\"It is unlikely that we will see pollution problems solved in the next 10 years,\" he said . \".
\"It\'s not realistic.
Liu has endured long-standing smog in Beijing, China\'s capital for years, but he doesn\'t want to take any risks when his daughter is born.
The salesman now carries a hand-held pollution sensor with him.
On days when air pollution reached a dangerous level, his toddler\'s daughter was limited to her home, and a pair of constantly spinning air purifiers made breathing safer.
Liu said he was a subordinate.
Middle-class Beijingers estimated that he spent more than 40,000 yuan ($6,375)
In the past few years, to combat the impact of pollution on the small cloud tree.
\"If we don\'t think of a way to balance it, or find some basic way to help us recover, our health will eventually be destroyed,\" 37-year-
Old told Reuters
Like millions of Chinese, Liu and his family have paid for decades of red
The hot economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, but it has caused environmental losses due to rapid industrialisation.
In the past seven years, the amount of particulate matter in Beijing\'s air was less than 2.
5 microns in diameter (PM2. 5)
According to data from a monitoring station in the United States, the average daily approach is five times the recommended level set by the World Health Organization. S. embassy.
The medical effects of continuous exposure are sobering.
Scientists at Greenpeace and Peking University attributed more than 257,000 of premature deaths in 31 Chinese cities to pm2. 5, according to a study conducted in 2013.
Make it a bigger killer than smoking.
With more and more air quality data, awareness of the dangers of Beijing\'s sky is on the rise.
Anyone can monitor contamination using an app that provides a pm2 hour update.
Level 5, based on government or the United StatesS.
Embassy readings
According to TechSci, sales of air purifiers are expected to grow by 33% over the next five years, but they are not cheap. High-
The end can sell more than 3,600 yuan ($574)
Average monthly salary in Beijing. BYE-
Some foreigners in Beijing are considering leaving China forever. J.
Kim, a South Korean who has worked there for more than 10 years, said he recently developed rhinitis and asthma due to breathing polluted air during his work in Beijing.
When pollution hit record levels in January 2013, Kim decided to leave. This phenomenon is called \"Air pollution \".
He sent his children to South Korea last year and will join them once his electric car maker company finds the right position.
\"There is nothing they can do for the Chinese, but as a foreigner I can choose to live here or somewhere else,\" he said . \".
Public discontent with the state of the environment is rising, which proves to be a powerful catalyst for the government to start taking the environment seriously.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told parliament in his opening speech on 2014 that China would \"declare war on pollution \".
A tougher environmental law came into force in January.
A new environment minister was in charge on Friday.
But one expert said citizens must step up efforts to ensure that environmental protection measures overcome commercial interests.
\"In China, we need extensive social participation and public supervision to ensure that the law is implemented,\" Ma said on June . \" Founder of the Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs.
At present, Liu does not see a glimmer of hope in Beijing\'s toxic clouds.
\"It is unlikely that we will see pollution problems solved in the next 10 years,\" he said . \".
\"It\'s not realistic.
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