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davidpdx

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17. Yep, we get some of it here in Korea

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 09:52 PM

Nov 2015

But Korea is pretty good at creating high levels of pollution. So we not only get some of the pollution from China, but also what is created here. The pollution from China travels over on dust particles called yellow dust. Here is a site that monitors it in Korea:

http://www.korea.amedd.army.mil/webapp/yellowSand/Default.asp

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