Shanghai blanketed in smog so dense that flights were canceled

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/06/shanghai-blanketed-in-smog-so-dense-that-flights-were-canceled/



Shanghai blanketed in smog so dense that flights were canceled
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, December 6, 2013 7:54 EST

China’s commercial hub Shanghai was blanketed by dense smog Friday, delaying flights and spurring sales of face masks.

Levels of PM 2.5 — tiny particles in the air considered particularly hazardous to health — rose to more than 600 micrograms per cubic meter in the afternoon, Shanghai’s government said on its microblog.

That is 24 times the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safety guideline of 25 micrograms, and reports said it was a record since such monitoring began.

Shanghai’s air quality is normally far better than that of Beijing and other major cities in the north, but environmental authorities declared the highest warning of “severe pollution,” issued when the ambient PM 2.5 concentration reaches 301 or more.

[CFLDem]

1. Just a preview of the worlds future

if China gets control.

Granted we used to pull the same environmental crimes but I think the difference is the chinese govt really doesn't give a damn.

[cprise]

3. Control of the world?

That sounds like Cold Warrior paranoia.

[CFLDem]

4. Let me rephrase:

Just a preview of the worlds future if China becomes the lone superpower.

[cprise]

7. OK, then

Definitely not paranoia.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. A few months ago, I heard that at least one Japanese flight to Beijing

was sent back to Japan because of the smog.

[kristopher]

5. I was in Tokyo back in the late 70s

And it was horrible. Probably not as bad as reported. I had to swab the inside of my nose by the end of the day and the tissue was literally black.

By the time I returned 10 years later the problem had disappeared.