Founder says US$220 price tag should not deter consumers who value their health above all else. Company says the product easily beats European certification standard, keeping out particles as small as 0.05 micrometers.
The French company claims their product easily beats European certification standard, keeping out particles as small as 0.05 micrometers. — SCMP
“People responded well to our online marketing campaign after recent air pollution episodes in Thailand and in South Korea, which reinforced our decision to enter Asian markets,” said Flavien Hello, CEO and co-founder of R-PUR. The product was featured at the CES 2019.250,000 last year from two rounds of crowdfunding and is in the process of securing a new round of investment, but declined to disclose the amount involved.
Wong Tsz-wai, a public health research professor with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said that while some short-term studies on healthy, young people have shown that masks do help with keeping out toxic fumes from air pollution, some make breathing even harder. Sales of air purification devices, from face masks to air purifiers, have surged in recent years as air quality in big cities continues to decline.
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