U.S. Embassy air quality data undercut China's own assessments

[harvey007]

Source: LA Times

One day this month, the reading was so high compared with the standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it was listed as "beyond index." In other words, it had soared right off the chart.

"You couldn't get such a high level in the United States unless you were downwind from a forest fire," said Dane Westerdahl, an air quality expert from Cornell University.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-air-quality-20111030,0,4899208.story

[Left Coast2020]

1. 14-15 Subway lines and people still drive cars.

But the subways do tend to be packed during rush hour. But nonetheless, the air is bad. Don't go there in summer.