Laurent Faracci, chief strategy and marketing officer at Reckitt Benckiser USA, which won in the air care category for Air Wick Flip & Fresh air fresheners, is familiar with Product of the Year from France, where the honors began.
Perhaps because Orbitz is owned by airlines, the air fare category is more refined than the other functions.
Last year, the winner in the "adult air cannon" category fired a pumpkin four-fifths of a mile, and world records were set for "adult catapult" "adult trebuchet," "adult human powered" and "adult torsion" contraptions.
In the other air pollutants category, the Volt rates six out of ten, with ten being best.
This comparison was chosen to approximate the effect of a given day type versus a relatively 'clean air' referent category.
Instead, Andersen says, exercise seemed to offer a protective effect, with even the high-exposure air pollution category associated with a reduced risk of overall mortality of up to 25%.
The Wednesday pollution reading in Beijing reached "hazardous," the second-worst of the eight air quality categories used by the municipal government.
A comparison of the percentage distribution of the five air quality categories in Giessen over the survey period (Figure10) shows that sampling units with very low air quality (color red) continuously decline and no longer appear in the current study.
Although California is slipping in the smog and air toxics categories, the state topped a list ranking states' preparedness to address such challenges as rising sea levels that a warming world portends.
