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Related: About this forumPollution Index today in Suzhou, China
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I am physically dead with a migraine.
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Pollution Index today in Suzhou, China (Original Post)
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2013
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Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)1. Holy Toledo!
Anything above 300 is considered to be hazardous!
http://www.lantiantian.com/index.php/en/about-the-aqi
And there are several cities in China with API readings higher than yours!
http://aqicn.org/map/jp/
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)2. I'm starting to wonder if China should start marketing the pollution as a tourist attraction...
I'm only 1/2 joking
I lived in China during the 1980s when it wasn't really an issue. But now, lol.
Of course London was similar is not worse during the industrial revolution.
Kablooie
(18,605 posts)5. You mean like this?
weissmam
(905 posts)3. The next boom industry in China
Pollution Mitigation
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)4. Yikes
I wouldn't be surprised if that crap comes over here to Korea
Portland Cyclist
(29 posts)6. *434*
Been there, done that. Anything over 300 is a living hell.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)7. We got a real bad batch of that crap recently
I can understand how it would physically make you ill. I carry a mask in my jacket just in case. I've gotten sick from it too many times.