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Beijing air 'moderate'

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, December 30, 2007 5:19 PM

After a few lung-crunching days of awful air quality, Beijing's pollution level is now at a level termed 'moderate', with a down town Air Pollution Index number of 72. Strong winds seem to have blown the gunk away.

See this Danwei post for more about the API rankings and what they apparently mean for your health.

 

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