So what phrase is appropriate to describe Saturday’s jaw-dropping reading of 755 at 8 p.m., when all of Beijing looked like an airport smokers’ lounge? Though an embassy spokesman said he did not immediately have comparative data, Beijing residents who follow the Twitter feed said the Saturday numbers appeared to be the highest recorded since the embassy began its monitoring system in 2008. NY TimesThe Air Quality Index tops at 500. 755 is beyond scale.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
It's time to get the fuck out of Beijing
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The EPA recently passed standards making an annual average of 12 on the same scale the borderline for "attainment" of the soot standard. NAAQS
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