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Wildfire smoke, long COVID and Google rankings
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Gisele Navarro
September 12, 2024
It's Thursday, September 12, and we're sharing our latest air purifier reviews, answering some of the questions we received, and much more.
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AIR QUALITY IN THE NEWS
Worsening air pollution globally is causing lung cancer rates to rise everywhere. “Air pollution is the new tobacco,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization. (More)
What does wildfire smoke do to your body? As more people are exposed to wildfire smoke, researchers are only just beginning to understand how it harms our health. (More)
New research links air pollution to accelerated brain aging. Exposure to air pollution is linked to a bigger gap between brain age and chronological age. (More)
Global air pollution trends, visualized. These colorful charts show how air quality has changed in over 100 countries worldwide since 1850. (More)
About 400 million people worldwide have had Long COVID, researchers say. Studies suggest that only 7-10 of long COVID patients fully recovered two years after developing long COVID. (More) Are you at risk? (More)
A vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution is harming human health, ecosystems and agriculture, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. (More)
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOUSEFRESH
Google Zero is here — now what? Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel and Gisele discuss how Google Search algorithm updates have impacted the ecosystem of the open web. (More)
Is Google SEO gaslighting the internet? New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka writes about the Google Search documentation leak and what this could mean for small publishers like us. (More)
Google is violating the First Law of Robotics. Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University, weighs in on the state of Google Search and the media in 2024. (More)
NEW REVIEWS
AirFanta 3Pro review
The AirFanta 3Pro belongs to a new generation of air purifiers inspired by the Corsi-Rosenthal Box but powered by a set of mighty PC fans. This is the only high CADR air purifier you can fit in a backpack, and that is impressive.
Philips 3000i review
The Philips 3000i caught our attention after Which magazine named it the best air purifier in the UK. Following a message from one of our subscribers via Reddit, we decided to investigate further.
Clean Air Kits Luggable XL review
The Luggable XL is a DIY air purifier kit also powered by PC fans. It looks good, it does an outstanding job at cleaning the air, and it is officially the quietest air purifier we have ever tested.
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