New standards set for air purifiers
New standards set for air purifiers A new national standard for air purifiers was unveiled by authorities on Friday to bring order to the country’s chaotic purifier market. The draft national standard, which is also made available for public comment on Friday, will include more specific metrics for measuring the performance of air purifiers, including their “clean air delivery rate” and endurance, China daily reported on Saturday. The country’s widespread air pollution problem has given rise to a booming market in air purifiers, with total sales volume reaching 2.4 million units in 2013, the report said. However, the market is chaotic with many producers and sellers of air purifiers exaggerating the performance of products and deliberately misleading consumers during promotions, the report said, citing the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce. According to a spot check on 20 air purifiers by the Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in December, only t...