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Can air purifiers and masks protect you from the poisonous Delhi air?

With worsening smog levels turning Delhi (NCR) into a virtual gas chamber, demand for air purifiers and masks is at an all-time high. Delhi experienced the worst smog in 17 years after Diwali, with PM2.5 readings, which have a safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic meter, having gone up to an alarming 900 in some parts of the city last week. The situation triggered a spurt in the purchase of air purifiers and masks in the national capital.

airpollution“I bought an air purifier and masks primarily because of my children. My son and daughter were complaining about discomfort in breathing after Diwali night,” says Prasanna Singh, a resident of Alakhnanda in South Delhi. However, he’s clueless about the effectiveness of the masks and air purifier. He adds,

I don’t know whether they actually help in filtering out particulate matter and hazardous gases or not.

Prasanna isn’t the only one expressing concern over the quality of masks and purifiers; YourStory spoke to several people who purchased them – all seemingly unaware of the true effectiveness of the products.

When it comes to air purifiers, one tends to look at the lower and mid-range products in the market and get excited by the area covered and the lower prices (in the range of Rs 10,000-20,000). One must read the fine print – these devices have inferior motors and far inferior filters.

Air purifier 1/4 substandard! Leopard meters and other brands on the list

Recently, the State Quality Inspection Administration announced the 10 categories with the daily lives of consumers in relation to the national product quality supervision and inspection results, the air purifier products pass rate for 75.4%, that is to say, the sale of each of the four City air purifier, one belonging to the unqualified products.

The sample for the air purifier for the first time national supervision, a total sample of 8 provinces (city) 56 production of 61 batches of products, the total number of enterprises nationwide checks nearly 1/5 production enterprises, the basic coverage of all the well-known brands in the industry. The products were tested for safety index, performance index and electromagnetic compatible index ect. 3 aspect 21 projects.

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15 batches of product purification performance is not qualified

The performance index of the consumers are most concerned about, is to detect the air purification ability, test results show that the 14 production of 15 batches of substandard products, substandard products detected in the 24.6%. particle amount of clean air, there are 2 batches of substandard particles accumulation amount of purified 1 batches of unqualified, formaldehyde purification efficiency (effectiveness) of 3 batches of unqualified noise, 5 batches of substandard.

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Substandard products and production enterprises are:

Beijing Jing Mei Shi environmental science and Technology Co., Ltd. is the nominal net beauty of the United States Shi mfresh air purifier;

Lang Yi environmental protection technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (manufacturer: Leopard meter information technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) nominal for the leopard meter air purifier;

Long Yi environmental protection technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (manufacturer: Zhejiang primitive life Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.), the nominal as the original air purifier;

Air cleaner of MITSUBISHI heavy industry air conditioning system (Shanghai) Co., ltd.;

Nominal Shanghai Lifana enterprise development limited for the ion air purifier refinair;

Shanghai SIASUN Electronics Co., Ltd. is a nominal somputon SIASUN SIASUN air purifier;

Morrell appliances (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. is moral nominal Morrell Antarctic wind h03;

Zhejiang Yitian Energy Environmental Technology Co. Ltd. as the nominal air purifier Yusana;

Malata Zhangzhou Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. is a nominal air purifier for Malata;

Guangdong Clean Technology Co., Ltd. is a nominal kbis air health machine.

Safety performance is not up to the existence of risk of electric shock

Air purifier as a kind of household appliances, the safety index is mandatory, according to the national mandatory standards for household appliances to detect.

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The spot checks found that the safety performance of substandard products: 

Shanghai Qin Zhuo Electronics Co. Ltd. (manufacturer: Shanghai Hao Ze Kang Ford Environmental Technology Co. Ltd.) the nominal haoze novowater air purifier;

Kunshan Xin Yi nominal Motor Technology Co. Ltd. as the thin air purifier sheeraire seats ireland;

Morrell appliances (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. is moral nominal Morrell Antarctic wind H03;

Zhejiang Yitian Energy Environmental Technology Co. Ltd. as the nominal air purifier Yusana;

Guangdong Net Technology Co., Ltd. is the nominal kbis of the air health machine;

Weishimao Ann commercial electronic technology (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. (manufacturer: Zhongshan city life equipment Technology Co. Ltd.) the nominal yeah should Wyatt air purifier;

Shenzhen City Department of the Qing Dynasty, the nominal for the exchange of clean technology air purifier.

Most product batches compatibility substandard 

Most of the families would also have many electrical appliances, so these appliances put together, can coexist peacefully, will not interfere with each other? EMC performance of air purifier is mandatory. The state supervision and inspection results announced, the electromagnetic compatibility is the most unqualified batch tests, including continuous harassment the voltage project has 8 batches of substandard, continuous harassment power projects 4 batches of substandard.

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Electromagnetic compatibility substandard products include: 

Lang Yi environmental protection technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (manufacturer: Leopard meter information technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) nominal for the leopard meter air purifier;

Nominal Shanghai Lifana enterprise development limited for the ion air purifier ReFinAIR;

Shanghai SIASUN Electronics Co., Ltd. is a nominal SOMPUTON SIASUN SIASUN air purifier;

Nominal Suzhou beiang for domestic air purifier beiang;

Morrell appliances (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. is MORAL nominal Morrell Antarctic wind H03;

Zhejiang Yitian Energy Environmental Technology Co. Ltd. as the nominal air purifier Yusana;

Guangdong Net Technology Co., Ltd. is the nominal KBIS of the air health machine;

Weishimao Ann commercial electronic technology (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. (manufacturer: Zhongshan city life equipment Technology Co. Ltd.) the nominal yeah should Wyatt air purifier;

Shenzhen City Department of the Qing Dynasty, the nominal for the exchange of clean technology air purifier.

Select six core indicators for air purifier

The sample of 61 batches of products, 35 batches of products in March 1, 2016 since the implementation of the GB/T 18801-2015< air purifier > the latest national standard, accounting for the total number of checks the product 57.4%. to the latest national standard does not execute the product, its performance index was determined in accordance with the inspection standards and product quality requirements. The experts express said that enterprises do not implement the new national standard does not mean that the enterprise can reduce the quality of products, in fact, mainstream domestic brands all express enterprises have to implement the new national standard.

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In carrying out the inspection work at the same time, in order to guide consumers to purchase, quality inspection departments also carried out detection and comparison of product key performance index, were all random products of particle clean air volume (CADR), formaldehyde (CADR), the amount of clean air purification efficiency of particulate matter (performance), formaldehyde purification efficiency (performance), particulate matter (CCM), the cumulative amount of purified six key performance indicators such as noise detection and single detection value together with the inspection results be announced to the public, and guide consumers to carry out scientific and rational choice of products.

Experts suggest that if consumers choose to air purifier products, priority selection to determine the qualified product. “Since the implementation of the new GB products, on one hand, it is through the quality, on the other hand also shows that the nominal value of sound, not deceive consumers suspected”

Experts suggest that the haze of consumers are concerned about the selection of particulate matter purification capacity is relatively good purifier. You need to see the removal of formaldehyde CADR indicators relatively large purifier.

 

 

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.

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“[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 you can effectively do. Some pollution sources can be easily dealt with, but others cannot. Opening windows to increase air circulation is not always a convenient option, and as the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers points out, ventilation is relatively poor in many modern homes, as they were designed to be “energy efficient” by reducing airflow to and from the outdoors as much as possible. The EPA therefore also recommends the use of air purifiers to supplement these other avenues of cleaning indoor air.

Understanding the Limitations of Air Purifiers

It is important to understand and accept the limitations of air purifiers in order to comprehend their usefulness. The EPA emphasizes that air cleaners are not meant to be a substitute for the other two methods of cleaning your home’s air described above. However, in conjunction with them, the EPA says that air purifiers “may help control the levels of airborne particles including those associated with allergens.”

Most air cleaners are not effective at removing unwanted gases, being designed instead to target unhealthy particles floating in the air. Among these particles, the relatively larger ones are often missed by the air cleaner because gravity pulls them to the ground more quickly than smaller particles, keeping them out of the purifier’s reach.

Therefore, no one should ever expect air cleaners alone to have a significant impact onindoor air quality. Nevertheless, a high-quality air cleaner can be used to improve certain aspects the air you breathe in your home, and can be an important part of your overall air-purifying strategy.

The Effectiveness of Air Cleaners

The main function of most air cleaners, therefore, is combating smaller contaminating particles. Research has shown that good air purifiers, even those of the smaller, portable variety, are up to 90% effective in reducing these smaller particles, such as those caused by cat dander and dust mites.

The EPA has certain recommendations regarding the use of portable air purifiers. In order to achieve maximum effectiveness, the portable air cleaner should be placed somewhere away from walls or other obstructions and positioned in such a way that the clean air is blown into open, occupied areas. If there is some specific source of pollution, the purifier should be placed nearby. Such purifiers work far better when all doors and windows of the room in which they are located are closed.

  • Do Air Purifiers Work For Mold Removal? – Partially.  Some air purifiers may effectively remove mold particles from the air but are ineffective against killing mold spores.  Spores are typically resistant even to UV light treatment.  However, if spores become trapped in a filter, this does keep them from proliferating in your home.  Careful and proper disposal of used filters is essential.  We recommend changing filters outside your home to prevent unwanted release of trapped particles and spores.
  • Do Air Purifiers Work For Pet Allergies? – Partially.  Some air purifiers can remove pet hair and dander trapped in the air.  However, heavier pet dander particles often fall out of the air column and settle onto surfaces.  Frequent cleaning is recommended.  Also, keep pets out of sleeping areas to avoid contact with pet dander throughout the night and other sleeping times.
  • Do Air Purifiers Help With Hay Fever?– Depends on the source of your hay fever allergy.  According to the Mayo Clinic, hay fever can be caused by various pollens, fungi and mold spores, dust mites or cockroaches, and pet dander.  Air purifiers range in their effectiveness of cleaning the air of these particles depending on model type.  Air purifiers are most effective at reducing pollen particles in the air column and are recommended by the Mayo Clinic.  Dust mite feces, cockroach body parts and pet dander are typically heavier particles that fall out of the air column and must be cleaned from surfaces.  Use allergen covers on bedding and pillows to protect against the most common exposure to dust mites.  Keep pets out of sleeping areas.  Use HEPA filter equipped vacuums to clean surfaces.

Summary

In conclusion, air purifiers, while not sufficient to deal with all the hazards of indoor air pollution on their own, are a useful tool which should not be overlooked by anyone interested in keeping his or her home’s air as clean as possible. When the air purifier is of good quality and used effectively, it has an important role to play in the fight against the toxins and irritants that infest our inside air.

  • Air purifiers are most effective at removing particles that remain trapped in the air column such as various pollens, dust, and some molds
  • Air purifiers are not very effective with dust mite allergies since these allergens tend to remain on surfaces like pillows, bedding, furniture etc.
  • Air purifiers have mixed results with pet allergens due to these particles not always remaining long enough in the air column to be filtered effectively
  • Air purifiers are one solution to providing healthy indoor air and should be used in conjunction with other methods

Home air purifier told you what Air Purifiers Don’t Do

So an air purifier will magically solve all of my problems?

We wish it was true.

Think of it this way: your allergy medication helps to relieve your symptoms by working with your body. A home air purifier helps to relieve those same symptoms by working to prevent your body from exposure to the triggers. It’s a small but important distinction.

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Olansi K08C Air Purifier

Overall, we think that air purifiers are pretty great, but we should add a few words of caution:

  1. Not all air purifiers are created equally. There are plenty of air purifiers on the market that use technology that simply doesn’t work. Here at Air Purifiers America we don’t stock ineffective products. We offer only proven and tested units that actually deliver pure air.
  2. Air purifiers aren’t a cure-all. We wish they were, and though we have thousands of customers that swear by their air purifiers, the reality is that air purifiers can bring relief, but they won’t cure your asthma or allergies.
  3. Air purifiers won’t clean your house for you. Trust us, we would love to give up dusting (and vacuuming and laundry), too, but air purifiers are limited to cleaning the air that is circulating in your home. They help lessen the long-term accumulation of dust, but they can’t pick up any pollutants that have already settled out of the air, or dirt that’s been tracked in by your puppy. So even though you may notice that you don’t have to dust or sweep as frequently, we can’t promise you perpetually clean floors and furniture.

That said, the list of “can do’s” is far great than the list of “can’t do’s”.

Home air purifier told you what Air Purifiers Do

What exactly does an air purifier do, anyway?

We’re glad you asked! After being introduced to air purifier technology you might wonder, “This is great, but what does my home air purifier actually do?” It’s a great question; understanding what air purifiers do is important for picking the right one.

To Put it Simply: Air Purifiers Clean the Air

Air purifiers clean your air by passing it through a filtering process that is targeted at removing one or more types of pollutants—dust, allergens, odors, chemicals, and so on.

Clean Air = Easier Breathing

If you suffer from allergies, asthma, COPD or another respiratory problem, filtering the air has the effect of removing a hazardous irritants from your environment.

The Bottom Line

The end result is cleaner air, easier breathing, better sleep. For many this is a very real improvement in their overall standard of living.