smog
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Terrifying Photos Of Beijing’s Toxic Smog ‘White Christmas’
As you were tearing off the wrapping paper this morning, Beijing was waking up to the worst smog of the year, and a very different kind of white Christmas.
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What It’s Like In Beijing During China’s Worst Pollution Crisis Ever
Video: The “airpocalypse” of smog swirling over Chinese cities has reached its most dangerous levels yet. Beijing issued its first-ever red alert today, closing schools and taking cars off the road. How bad is it? According to US guidelines levels are at 6: “Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion.”
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Even China’s State News Agency Thinks The Pollution ‘Doomsday’ Has Arrived
Pollution levels in northeast China are breaking records. In fact, the air quality being recored in the city of Shenyang is 50 times what the World Health Organisation (WHO) says is safe for breathing. China’s state news agency is comparing conditions to the end of the world.
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4 Ideas To Fix Beijing’s Smog Airpocalypse, And One That Will Work
The worst smog of the year so far swept into Beijing this week, coating the city in a grainy, deep grey murk on par with what the city endured in 2013, pictured above (though you’ll see it’s popping up again today). China is trying, hard, to get its air quality problem under control, and is…