Saturday, November 25, 2017

The latest in biking accessories: Protect your lungs with a WAIR pollution-fighting scarf, but please don't muss your hair wearing a helmet




Anti-pollution accessories: an upcoming urban trend?  (Yahoo, 11/24/2017)
French designer, Caroline Van Renterghem, launched a similar innovative solution in 2016. Her pollution fighting scarf, called Wair, also uses three filtering layers and comes in two different versions. An activated carbon layer absorbs odors and gasses, while a second layer stops and kills bacteria in the air. The third layer filters larger particles (dust, etc.), as well as fine particles to 0.1μm (=PM0.1μm), and pollen. The scarf can also be used in conjunction with an app, called Sup'Airman, to map air pollution in real time.

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