{"id":216,"date":"2014-03-14T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2014\/03\/14\/hope-this-clears-the-air-navigating-the-confusing-world-of-air-purifiers\/"},"modified":"2014-10-03T18:19:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T10:19:16","slug":"hope-this-clears-the-air-navigating-the-confusing-world-of-air-purifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2014\/03\/hope-this-clears-the-air-navigating-the-confusing-world-of-air-purifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope this clears the Air…navigating the confusing world of Air Purifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m writing this much earlier than expected \u2013 this year, the smog from the hundreds of forest fires burning in nearby Indonesia has shrouded Singapore from the onset of March. Typically, this phenomenon happens in the 3rd quarter of the year when Indonesian farmers slash and burn to clear land to prepare for the planting of fresh crops. This inconsiderate action has drawn ire and condemnation from neighboring South-East Asian countries year after year including Thailand (Yes\u2026that\u2019s how far the smog travels!) yet there is only so much (or rather so little) the 10-member nation Ministerial Steering Committee on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution can do.<\/p>\n
Incorrectly termed as \u2018haze\u2019, the sudden onset of smog last July has left many Singaporean households scrambling to buy 2 essential items: Masks (specifically the 3M N95 variety) and Air Purifiers. When we read the Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan’s warning<\/a> in February that Singapore faces threat of early, prolonged haze this year, we immediately set out to buy an Air-Purifier for Dana\u2019s Great Grandma as her birthday gift. While we were shopping for a suitable one to buy, we were inducted into the confusing world of Air Purifiers. We hope our short account here will help to clear the air\u2026 in more ways than one.<\/p>\n There are many machines out there that claim to \u2018clean\u2019, \u2018purify\u2019 and \u2018freshen\u2019 the polluted air. While they all profess to improve the quality of air we breathe, the extent to which they actually do so, vary considerably. Allow me to clarify:<\/p>\n