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When it rains for several days not put a "beret" above the city. The same is true in China, but throughout the country
I have reviewed several studies and all agree that the air in Chinese cities is an Asquith. A list prepared by the World Bank in 2004 to 12 Chinese cities placed among the 18 most particulate pollution (Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Taiyuan, Beijing, Chengdu, Ahmedabad, Anshan and Wuhan). The Blacksmith Institute in 2007 published the list of most polluted places in the world. The list not only took into account air quality, but also issues such as drinking water or the presence of heavy metals. Among the 30 places where you would not want to live if you're concerned about your health, there are 6 which are in China (Wanshan, Tianjin, Huaxi, Lanzhou, Linfen and Urumqi). Only one other country that also has 6 countries on the list, Russia. Yes, communist systems never cared too much about the environment. A list of 2010, whose ultimate source I have not managed to find, but I think it's the UN, puts (Linfen, Yangquan, Datong, Shizuishan, Xianyang, Luoyang, Changsha). Russia also here is a close second place behind China. All these lists agree that Chinese cities are Asquith, although there are disagreements on what are the most Asquith of all. Discrepancies may be due to that not all lists are based on the same parameters.
must think that cycling hardens muscles. True, but if they knew as they are leaving the lungs ... On July 28 of last year, "The New York Times published a rather shocking article entitled "In China, pollution is worsening despite new efforts, which is like saying" the sun's surface is warming despite the sunspots. " The article included some shocking data: the concentration of particles in the air of Beijing exceeded WHO standards, 80% of the days in 2008, over 25% of the water of rivers and lakes in China is not contaminated drinking is, acid rain has become a problem for 200 of the 440 cities surveyed.
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this news seems alarming to read the news published on November 8, 2010 the Chinese news agency Xinhua: "The levels of pollution in Chinese cities are improving: a study." This news also included shocking details: the 66'7% of the days in 655 cities surveyed last year yielded acceptable levels or good air quality (wonderful shit residents breathed only 33.3% of days) and quality of urban groundwater standards yielded acceptable in 89.84% of the tests (+4'44% the previous year). The story acknowledges that in 14 cities, the levels of contamination left much to be desired.
I think someone is lying or exaggerating here, but I deserve so little credibility as "The New York Times as the news agency Xinhua, which I do not know what to stay.
I think I'll stay with "The New York Times" for several reasons. The first is that a study done by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs in Beijing and Defense Council Natural Resources of the United States in late 2010 found that cities in general refused to make public the data on pollution, but had become more transparent over the past two years. The second is that in Shanghai last November showed the worst air quality data in the last five years and Beijing broke its record of suspended particles: 500 microns per cubic meter (in the EU the acceptable limit is 20 microns). Not the kind of record that a bat when pollution is declining.
Optimists suggest that economic development brings in his first time to a degradation of the environment, but there is a breaking point beyond which the environment becomes more importance and produces the opposite: more economic development improves the environment, either through technological improvements through legislative changes or a social concern, that drives the other two factors. This is the hypothesis underlying the environmental Kuznets curve. Unfortunately, all in economics comes with a price. Economic studies seem to show that this curve is true, but on condition that increases social inequalities. I guess it's the last thing the Chinese would like to hear that the price of a cleaner environment is a greater social inequality.
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