Air Pollution in China Shuts Down City of 11 Million

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2013-10-22

Summary:

On Sunday, the start of the heating season in northern China brought the “airpocalypse” back with a vengeance (although some might say it never left).  Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province and home to 11 million people, registered fine particulate (PM2.5) pollution levels beyond 500 on the Chinese Air Quality Index, which is considered hazardous […]

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china regulation air quality pollution & health health pollution airpocalypse harbin scaqmd

Authors:

Alex Wang

Date tagged:

10/22/2013, 15:00

Date published:

10/22/2013, 12:23