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Apec: China blocks access to US air pollution data for Beijing
Chinese websites and apps drop embassy?s air quality readings after other measures fail to cut pollution for international summit
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As global leaders tucked into their welcoming dinner, the US reading ? still available on the embassy?s own website ? was ?very unhealthy?, with an air quality index reading of 203. It showed the concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, at 153 micrograms per cubic metre. The WHO says the safe daily level is 25 micrograms.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...cess-us-air-pollution-data-beijing?CMP=twt_gu
Chinese websites and apps drop embassy?s air quality readings after other measures fail to cut pollution for international summit
snip
As global leaders tucked into their welcoming dinner, the US reading ? still available on the embassy?s own website ? was ?very unhealthy?, with an air quality index reading of 203. It showed the concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, at 153 micrograms per cubic metre. The WHO says the safe daily level is 25 micrograms.
more...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...cess-us-air-pollution-data-beijing?CMP=twt_gu