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Beijing Air Pollution Off the Charts
2013-01-13 06:38:07| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: One Friday more than two years ago, an air-quality monitoring device atop the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded data so horrifying that someone in the embassy called the level of pollution Crazy Bad in an infamous Twitter post. That day the Air Quality Index, which uses standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, had crept above 500, which was supposed to be the top of the scale. So what phrase is appropriate to describe Saturdays jaw-dropping reading of 755 at...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical