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Article: A breath of fresher air: purifier makers and retailers offer Southern Californians smoke relief.(HEALTHY HOME REPORT)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- November 19, 2007
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THE WILDFIRES THAT RAVAGED SOUTHERN California during the latter part of October may have been extinguished, but the smoke particles and flames still linger in residents' homes, increasing demand for indoor air cleaners. Manufacturers and retailers have responded with discount programs and rapid inventory replenishment efforts.
The wildfires, which lasted for about two weeks and destroyed more than 2,000 homes in an area spanning from Ventura County to just south of the United States-Mexico border, contaminated countless additional homes with smoke.
Online air purifier retailer Air Purifiers USA responded to the uptick in demand for air cleaners by ...