Can Air Purifiers Clear Wildfire Smoke From Your Home? What Our Lab Data Reveals - CNET
On the morning of June 7, 2023, I walked out of my Brooklyn apartment and noticed the skies were hazier than usual, but I chalked it up to a change in weather and headed to work. When I arrived at my Manhattan office that overlooked the Hudson River, though, I knew this was something very different.
On a normal day, I’d have a clear view of New Jersey on the other side of the water, but on this day, it was merely a blur. As I inspected the thick fog, it dawned on me: This wasn’t fog at all. It was smoke from wildfires that were raging in Canada. The air quality monitor on my phone’s weather app confirmed it.
Although there was a thick plume of smoke over the city, I could still see the blue skies peeking through, so I continued to work. But by the end of...
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