Canned fresh air for sale in China by multimillionaire


Tired of China's pollution problem, a multimillionaire has begun a tongue-in-cheek campaign involving selling canned fresh air.

Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business and is a high-profile philanthropist, handed out soda pop-sized cans of air, purportedly from far-flung, pristine regions of China such as Xinjiang in the northwest to Taiwan, the southeast coast.

"I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth, don't chase the biggest profits at the expense of our children and grandchildren and at the cost of sacrificing our ecological environment", Chen said.

China's air quality is closely watched as it fluctuates dramatically from day to day but in recent weeks has registered far into the unhealthy zone.

Air pollution is measured in terms of PM2.5, or particulate matter 2.5 micrometers in diameter, which are absorbed by the lungs and can cause heart and lung disease. The World Health Organisation recommends a daily PM2.5 level of 20 and says that levels greater than 300 are serious health hazards.

Beijing's air quality frequently surges past a level of 500, and on January 12 soared to 755, the highest in memory.

"I go outside, walk for about 20 minutes, and my throat hurts and I feel dizzy", Chen told Reuters in an interview on a busy Beijing sidewalk.

He handed out green and orange cans of "Fresh Air", with a caricature of himself on them saying, "Chen Guangbiao is a good man".

http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-millionaire-fights-pollution-thin-air-121003957.html

This is very serious oh! People used to say air is free, well not in this generation, Air is now for Sale! Just like water, God knows if this would not become the now as one rogue state sends a dangerous chemical to pollute the air and then get her sister company to then begin selling cans of air

The lorax?

Crazy! What a totally jobless and crazy world.

Meet the Mother who has been giving her Daughter alcohol from age THREE, to be her drinking partner

http://gistville.com/2013/01/meet-the-mother-who-has-been-giving-her-daughter-alcohol-from-age-three-to-be-her-drinking-partner/

Great idea! He saw an opportunity in the pollution problem

To cook soup or to fry plantain? Multimillionaire still wan get more money. The rich will always collect from the poor. Why not invest in national pollution eradication program?

Mehn another downside of GEJ's slow to actionness - See how he allowed the Chinese to steal his FRESH AIR idea and bastardize it through mass production.

When we say he needs to be ACTION MAN, his supporters get all up in arms. . .now look how a fine business idea has slipped through his fingers. What he tongue in cheekingly promised us for free is now being tongue in cheekingly sold for a price!

SMH!!!

Thank God for our weather here

Just as air is free and water.

All natural resources such as crude oil, Gold, Diamond etc are all free because no man made them, they just process it.

The mess in this world is because people claim what does not belong to them and sell as theirs.

it should all be about the processing cost.

let them come to Nigeria, we have it in abundance.

gbanikiti: When will GEJ start selling his own "FRESH AIR"? it can't be free forever nau!

LWKMD! i never knew GEJ can be dragged into any topic, this is really genius!

God who creat the air is not selling it!! May God have mercy on our generation!!

china kwa.wetin we no go hear.

very soon air lanes will be constructed and booked for planes and jets.

The earth is dying

New world order, now you pay for the air you breath. Its coming soon, hope I won't be alive to see it, with every country now owning nuclear weapons.

Sisi_Kill: Mehn another downside of GEJ's slow to actionness - See how he allowed the Chinese to steal his FRESH AIR idea and bastardize it through mass production.

When we say he needs to be ACTION MAN, his supporters get all up in arms. . .now look how a fine business idea has slipped through his fingers. What he promised us for free is now being sold for a price!

SMH!!!

not funny girl. You lack sense of humour try and make sense disrespectful object. And please go and learn how to respect elderly people most especially mr gej.

bory09: not funny mr man. You lack sense of humour try and make sense mr big headed fo¤l. And please go and learn how to respect elderly people most especially mr gej.

Eeejit!

Seriously?? Has it gotten to this? How many cans do you want to buy? or do you exhaust your cans and still pollute your system with the normal air containing PM2.5 Well, it will only happen in China ,if it's here? are there no villages anymore FREE, FRESH, PURE, PM-FREE AIR I love my country

In five years' time, the supposed 'Fresh Air' would be sold in Nigeria. Even in traggic jams; like La Casera and 'Viju'.

***Fresh Air, yes?***

i need some air in this place.

Fresh air indeed,

Blood of God...

Calling the lorax

*speechless*

dem dey madt.
Fresh air wey boku for my village farm. Direct oxygen.

tpia@:
The lomax?

YES, MORE LIKE IT

Can I get a meat pie and fruity flavoured can of fresh air pls?

When they finish polluting their country in the name of industralization they will come to Africa and continue from here.

Let it grow let it grow