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Beijing Air Akin to Living in Smoking Lounge: Chart of the Day

Original story at Bloomberg• 3 mentions • 4 months ago

 
 

By Bloomberg News - 2013-01-30T22:00:00Z Beijing’s air, which has exceeded the World Health Organization’s “healthy” limit every day this year, is similar to that in an airport smoking lounge. The CHART OF THE DAY shows Beijing’s daily peak and average concentrations of PM2.5, the airborne particulate matter that raises risks for lung and heart diseases, as measured by the U.S. Embassy. The 2013 daily average was 194 micrograms per cubic meter, with an intraday peak of 886 on Jan. 12, the data show. By contrast, PM2.5 levels averaged 166.6 in 16

 

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31 Jan
DISCOVER Magazine @DiscoverMag
Wow - breathing Beijing's air is equivalent to living inside a smoking lounge... http://t.co/IX7PLzvu
 
31 Jan
Nouriel Roubini @Nouriel
RT @ianbremmer: One idea for improving Beijing air quality: make it into a smoking lounge. @bloomberg http://t.co/Y2eGXuWE
 
31 Jan
econgirl @raluca3000
Beijing Air Akin to Living in Smoking Lounge: Chart of the Day http://t.co/fuIZa9XB > exceeded WHO “healthy” limit every day this year!