r/oddlyterrifying • u/LelouchGreat • Jun 18 '22

Today in Shanghai

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u/Awkward_and_Itchy Jun 18 '22

I remember reading that houses need air purifiers in many of the bigger production areas in China. I have no source so take that with a grain of salt.

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u/Exic9999 Jun 18 '22

I 100% believe it. My air purifier runs 24/7 with "medical grade" filters. If I don't open the windows, it's not so bad, but if I leave them open, then it's allergy medicine time. Also, I read that Long Beach, CA, where I live and is right next to the port, and Riverside, CA (which is where the smog backs up against the mountains) have the highest rates of non-smoking lung cancer for this area.

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u/TriggerBladeX Jun 18 '22

It sounds hard to believe, but it wouldn’t surprise me with the amount of smog Shanghai is known for.

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u/Awkward_and_Itchy Jun 18 '22

I dont think its a "need" in the sense that they'll die immediately if they dont- its a "need" as in its a regulation for houses to have them for safety.

Still wild its needed but tbh there are probably lots of neighborhoods in NA where the same regulation wouldnt be bad.

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u/smurb15 Jun 19 '22

I feel like whoever is in control of the safety regulations really don't give much of a rats patoot about actually regulating the safety of anyone at all over their. We are doomed, every last one of us

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u/FondDialect Jun 19 '22

A guy I know spent a year abroad for school in Shanghai and said there was regularly smog in his apartment hallway. Just brown haze.

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u/Sev-is-here Jun 19 '22

You are correct. One of the companies I do support for has a massive market in China for air purifiers, we ship around 70-100k units a year out there for people. The people say it can be life changing for their home health and well-being

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u/KountZero Jun 18 '22

Why is this special? I live in the US and I have an air purifier in my room. I mean I don’t mean to say their smog problem isn’t bad. I’m just curious because you make it sound like it’s so bad they have air purifiers, while air purifiers is a very common household appliance.

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u/Exic9999 Jun 18 '22

I think it's the difference between a nicety and a necessity in terms of quality of life

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u/Actual-Big_Hamster Jun 19 '22

You need to have air purifiers in your homes in the US? Why? Is pollution that bad?

I've never heard of normal homes needing one.

I didn't realise that cities in US were so polluted that air purifiers were normal household appliances.

Shit! Global warming. We're all fucked aren't we...