Faced with pollution conditions that experts say is like a "nuclear winter", people in Beijing are trying everything to protect themselves from the choking smog and fumes. The country's toxic air pollution has left Beijing with near zero visibility for the last six days, blocking out the sun to such an extent that it is impeding photosynthesis in plants, and threatening the nation's food supply.
The AFP reports that "Beijing's official reading for PM 2.5 -- small airborne particles which easily penetrate the lungs and have been linked to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths -- stood at 501 micrograms per cubic metre on Wednesday afternoon." The World Health Organization's safety limit is at 25 micrograms.
See full Article: http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/02/chinas-pollution-turning-nuclear-winter/358539/
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