‘All being poisoned slowly’: Air purifiers offer only limited respite from India’s chronic pollution

A man jogging near the India Gate, shrouded in haze caused in part by air pollution in New Delhi, on Nov 24. -- PHOTO: ANINDITO MUKHERJEE/NYTIMES via The Straits Times/ANN

BENGALURU (The Straits Times/ANN): When English professor Shweta Philip sleeps, she needs the reassuring hum of an air purifier in her studio apartment. 

“Since I’ve been using the air purifier, I wake up without sniffles and a headache,” she told The Straits Times.