Monday, March 31, 2014

Portable ‘Fresh Air’ Bags Come To Rescue Of Smog-Ridden Chinese City

Republican/libertarian paradise.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/31/3420866/fresh-air-bags/

By Emily Atkin on March 31, 2014

Chinese citizens who aren’t wealthy enough to join the “It’s-too-polluted-so-I’m-moving-away” bandwagon just got another opportunity for fresh air — and this one comes in a convenient plastic bag.

An unnamed Chinese travel company this weekend reportedly brought large, bright blue bags of fresh air from a nearby mountain to city dwellers in Zhengzhou, one of the 10 most polluted cities in the country. According to reports and photos in both the Wall Street Journal and Daily Mail, residents clamored for a chance at the bags, which hooked up to people’s faces like oxygen masks.

Because of demand, locals were only allowed to breathe in the air — which came from Laojun Mountain — for a few minutes each, according to news reports.

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