China's always been known for its horrible air. Beijing especially is known as a metropolis coated in smog and soot and other nasty things. On an index where about 200 is unhealthy, Beijing's air recently hit 500, a level that prompted the US Embassy in Beijing, which conducts its own meteorological surveys, to call the air in Beijing "crazy bad," something which they promptly retracted as "incorrect."
That episode makes me laugh. Chinese air is so notorious, "crazy bad" isn't even incorrect anymore. I feel really sorry for people who live in Beijing; they're probably getting an hour cut off of their lives for every day they live in that smog hellhole. I mean, really? Just cause China has such a large population doesn't mean it can not care about the health of its people. It really should make an effort.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131440157
from slashdot.
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