Ed Log Posted March 22, 2010 at 02:10 PM Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 at 02:10 PM Hong Kong hit record levels of pollution today - which city is the worst in China? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted March 22, 2010 at 02:44 PM Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 at 02:44 PM According to this list, Linfen. Part of the problem with this question, however, is that there are different types of pollution, and people disagree on the relative harm from each one. Recently, for example, the US EPA has started to focus more on particulates, rather than certain gases. But even then there is disagreement on the relative harm caused by different sized particulates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebhk Posted March 22, 2010 at 02:47 PM Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 at 02:47 PM I had a friend from Beijing visiting me in Hong Kong yesterday and today and he was constantly saying how fresh the air here is compared to Beijing. We obviously both did not pay attention to the news and only heard about the extreme pollution levels this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wushijiao Posted March 23, 2010 at 02:27 AM Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 at 02:27 AM I always heard it was Lanzhou, but I'm sure Linfen can compete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted March 23, 2010 at 02:08 PM Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 at 02:08 PM I didn't feel bad despite the high pollution level in HK. Not sure if it was my extremely high tolerance or the fact that I stayed indoors almost all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loriquero Posted March 23, 2010 at 03:41 PM Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 at 03:41 PM I remember not long ago I was on QQ with a girl from Linfen; she told me that very same semester like 70 kids from her school had to 退课 because of respiratory problems. She said that her biggest dream was to finish the school in order to escape from that place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhchao Posted March 23, 2010 at 05:03 PM Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 at 05:03 PM I heard that Gansu and Shaanxi have the worst air pollution among the provinces because of their coal-fired plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doraemon Posted March 24, 2010 at 06:12 AM Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 at 06:12 AM I've heard that Taiyuan's really bad as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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