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| Subject: Beijing pollution: Report advised children to stay indoors, adults to avoid exercise and all citizens to eat more pears and fungus soup Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:44 pm | |
| Toxic air has blocked out the sun, reduced visibility to 200 metres and left 20 million people choking in the Chinese capital.
Monitors at the United States Embassy in Beijing’s inner east said the concentration of airborne PM 2.5 particulates reached 845 micrograms per cubic meter late on Saturday afternoon, before falling below 700 after midnight.
These particles, 2.5 microns in diameter or smaller, are considered the most harmful to health because they can penetrate easily into human tissue.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/beijings-crazy-air-day-20130113-2cn72.html#ixzz2Hodl68x2
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