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Start-up targets 'breathable air market' with Swiss air in a can
TheLocal.ch ^ | 20 September 2017 09:33 CEST+02:00 | Caroline Bishop

Posted on 10/02/2017 9:42:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Can fresh Swiss mountain air be a tonic for people who live in polluted cities?

One Swiss start-up thinks so. Launched last week, Swiss Alpine Air is bottling fresh air from Switzerland with a view to selling it to residents of heavily polluted cities elsewhere in the world, for example in China and India.

Collected from various locations around the Swiss Alps, the air is compressed into an aerosol can and comes with an attached face mask to assist with breathing, the company said in a press release.

A seven-liter can of air will set you back 19.95 francs and contains enough air for 120 breaths — around ten minutes’ use. […]

Contacted by The Local, the company’s CEO Danny Wurr acknowledged that people in Switzerland may feel “bewildered” by the concept of bottled air “as they can already breathe nice clean fresh air just by opening the door”.

But the canned air is not aimed at the Swiss, he said. “This product is for a population who live with terrible pollution every day, a pollution that may shorten their lives and cause debilitating health problems. One can of Swiss air is not the answer to their problems but it is so nice to be able to breathe clean fresh air even for a little while. The Chinese are fully aware of the benefits; they have to live with pollution every day and show great interest in returning to a polluted homeland with cans of clean fresh Swiss alpine air.” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Local News
KEYWORDS: cannedair; petrocks; spaceballs; switzerland

1 posted on 10/02/2017 9:42:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Once again, Mel Brooks proves that he is a genius.


2 posted on 10/02/2017 9:44:08 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


3 posted on 10/02/2017 9:45:51 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Olog-hai

How do they keep the vacuum holes in the Swiss air that proves it really is Swiss?


4 posted on 10/02/2017 9:54:10 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Though of Spaceballs right away. Hospitals already have this it is called bottled air and is filtered to remove pollutants.


5 posted on 10/02/2017 9:54:12 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: LukeL

Is it sodium free? :D


6 posted on 10/02/2017 9:55:03 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

It needs to be gluten free! Lol.

Also, there is nothing like the putrid smell of Swiss countryside air after the farmers have sprayed that liquid cow fertilizer called gülle (sp?) on their crops.


7 posted on 10/02/2017 9:58:25 PM PDT by Yaelle (Socialism, faithfully implemented, delivers anguish and devastation. - President Trump)
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To: Yaelle

That just makes it more organic. :D


8 posted on 10/02/2017 9:59:54 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Olog-hai

Free range air is elusive.


9 posted on 10/02/2017 10:00:26 PM PDT by deadrock
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To: Army Air Corps

Is it Kosher For Passover?


10 posted on 10/02/2017 10:01:05 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Olog-hai

Yes there are people stupid enough to buy this. Remember bottled water selling for more than gasoline? Bottled water? You have to be kidding.


11 posted on 10/02/2017 10:02:16 PM PDT by Fungi (90 percent of all soil biomass is a fungus. Fungi rule the world.)
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To: Olog-hai

There’s a sucker born every minute. With the circus gone, someone must fill the void.


12 posted on 10/02/2017 10:07:49 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Olog-hai

Can you hear the echo of a yodeler as you pop the top?


13 posted on 10/02/2017 10:48:42 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: Olog-hai

Ha!

First thing I thought of.


14 posted on 10/02/2017 11:04:47 PM PDT by Califreak (All Alinsky All The Time)
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To: Olog-hai
There is a movie, dating back to 1955, called "We're No Angels", with Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray. They are escapees from Devil's Island waiting to stow away on a ship. Bogart was sent there because he owned a business that sold canned mountain air to people who couldn't afford the trip. Back then, it was a joke.

Just when I think democrats can't get any more stupid...

15 posted on 10/03/2017 1:13:16 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s exactly what I was thinking of.


16 posted on 10/03/2017 6:06:09 AM PDT by tbw2
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