fredag, december 28, 2007

At the maximum level - again....

The past week have not been so nice in Beijing due to rather heavy air pollution and yesterday and today the level reached the maximum that can be measured - Air Pollution Index 500!
















Accross the street......


Since Thuesday the API have been over 250 and the the discription and the effect it have on people, according to API Index is:

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251-300 Moderate-heavy polluted
The symptoms of the cardiac and lung disease patients aggravate remarkably, and the exercise endurance drop lower. The healthy crowds popularly appear some symptoms.
The aged, cardiac and lung disease patients should stay indoors and reduce physical activities!
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For yesterday (API 421) and today (500>) the index says:

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>300 Heavy polluted

The exercise endurance of the healthy people drops down, some appears strong symptoms remarkably. Some diseases appear earlier.
The aged and patients should stay indoors and avoid strength draining; the ordinary should avoid outdoor activities.
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Days like this You do not want to get out of bed and You really long back to Sweden and the clean air and the clean water. We are just hoping that the Chinese Government will do something about all the pollution in Beijing (and other places in China) but during more than one year I have stayed here we still see no improvements. Olympics is getting closer and closer av China have promised to.....