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Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts) Fri Dec 6, 2013, 03:05 AM Dec 2013

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Pollution Index today in Suzhou, China

434.

Yesterday 409

I am physically dead with a migraine.

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Pollution Index today in Suzhou, China (Original Post) Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 OP

Holy Toledo! Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #1

I'm starting to wonder if China should start marketing the pollution as a tourist attraction... Locut0s Jan 2014 #2

You mean like this? Kablooie Jan 2014 #5

The next boom industry in China weissmam Jan 2014 #3

Yikes davidpdx Jan 2014 #4

*434* Portland Cyclist Mar 2014 #6

We got a real bad batch of that crap recently davidpdx Mar 2014 #7

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

1. Holy Toledo!

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 03:17 AM

Dec 2013

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...

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 03:44 AM

Jan 2014

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?

Reply to Locut0s (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 01:32 AM

Jan 2014

weissmam

(905 posts)

3. The next boom industry in China

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 10:43 PM

Jan 2014

Pollution Mitigation

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

4. Yikes

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 11:45 PM

Jan 2014

I wouldn't be surprised if that crap comes over here to Korea

Portland Cyclist

(29 posts)

6. *434*

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 04:17 AM

Mar 2014

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

Reply to Nanjing to Seoul (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 07:54 AM

Mar 2014

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.

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