Thursday, January 16, 2014

Dangerous giant smog cloud chokes Beijing

Libertarian heaven.
This is what Republicans would bring back to our country if they had the power. The business leaders that profit from lack of regulation don't care, they can live elsewhere, or afford things like air and water purifiers to protect themselves.

http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/16/22322417-dangerous-giant-smog-cloud-chokes-beijing?lite

By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC News
Jan. 16, 2014

Air pollution readings spiked across China's capital Beijing on Thursday, prompting residents to don air masks and offices and homes to put electric air purifiers on overdrive.

Commuters across Beijing found themselves cloaked in a thick, gray haze as air pollution monitors across the city registered readings over 20 times the recommended exposure levels suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau readings Thursday for PM 2.5 – air particulate smaller than 2.5 microns blamed for a range of severe respiratory ailments – registered over 500 micrograms per cubic meter. The WHO recommends no more than 25 micrograms per cubic meter.

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