SCREEMGRAB from Vitality Air鈥檚 Twitter account
Pollution in the China is getting worse to the extent that people are scrambling to buy bottled air.
A Canadian company has struck gold in the worsening pollution in China as their product鈥攂ottled fresh air from Canada鈥檚 Rocky Mountains鈥攕old-out 鈥渁lmost instantly鈥� after offering the said product to people online.
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Alberta-based company Vitality Air sold 鈥減remium oxygen鈥� from Banff and Lake Louise in Canada to Chinese for $23 to $28 (P1,089 to P1,326) per bottle.
Vitality Air鈥檚 China representative Harrison Wang said that they are running out of breath in meeting the demands for fresh Canadian air.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a pretty wild ride for us as we only started to market the product a month and a half ago. We got the website up and running, then put Vitality Air on Taobao鈥攁 Chinese website similar to eBay for online shopping鈥攁nd we sold out almost instantly,鈥� Wang told Mail Online on Tuesday.
Wang said that their first shipment of 500 bottles has since been sold-out and that they are now looking forward to ship 700 bottles to the mainland in the next two weeks.
On its website, VitalityAir said that it strives to 鈥減rovide a premium quality necessity that isn鈥檛 always available: fresh, clean air.鈥�
Some users of the products claim that they have been relieved of heavy breathing and dizziness after using VitalityAir鈥檚 鈥減remium oxygen.鈥�
Last Dec. 7, Beijing鈥檚 health officials issued a red alert on the air pollution in the capital city after readings of the hazardous airborne particle PM2.5 exceeded 900 micrograms per cubic meter.
READ: Unhealthy smog hovers over Beijing on Day 2 of smog alert
The red alert in Beijing, which lasted for three days, forced the suspension of classes in the capital and the imposition of an odd-even car ban scheme. AJH/RAM