Can ethical businesses bring a breath of fresh to Asia's polluted cities?


Rising sun-rays fall in high-rising buildings through smog in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok's air pollution level stood at 177, with PM 2.5 level at 105.8 micrograms per cubic meter last week. Ethical businesses are developing new ways to tackle air pollution - a major public health threat in developing nations - by making affordable air purifiers for the most vulnerable people in the worst hit countries like China and India. - Reuters

BANGKOK: Ethical businesses are developing new ways to tackle air pollution - a major public health threat in developing nations - by making affordable air purifiers for the most vulnerable people in the worst hit countries like China and India.

Nine out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants, and air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, according https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1 to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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