Reeling under the worst smog of 2015, China’s pollution problems continue to be compounded as 40 cities including Beijing are under red alert with schools cancelling clas-ses and factories cutting the
Reeling under the worst smog of 2015, China’s pollution problems continue to be compounded as 40 cities including Beijing are under red alert with schools cancelling clas-ses and factories cutting their production.
Beijing, together with the cities of Baoding, Handan, Langfang and Xingtai in the neighbouring Hebei Province, have issued red alerts, the most serious level of pollution.
The capital, a city of over 22 million people, is struggling with PM 2.5, the smallest and deadliest form of airborne particulate matter that almost touched 500, the highest category in the US embassy pollution monitor which is regarded “hazardous”, as it is several times higher than the levels prescribed by WHO.
Beijing was hit with severe air pollution on Tuesday, with pollution levels expecting to reach grade six on a six-grade pollution gauging system in the southern part of the city later in the day, Beijing municipal environmental monitoring centre (BMEMC).“The density of PM 2.5 may exceed 500 micrograms per cubic meter Tuesday,” an expert from BMEMC said.
