Repost from the Guardina | December 6, 2013
Shanghai exprienced its worst air pollution in years stopping construction work, obscuring visibility to a few dozen feet, forcing children to be held indoors. The PM 2.5 level was at 602.5 micrograms vs the standard set by WHO to be at only 25 micrograms. This is 30 times more than the WHO standard. There were fewer people walking on the street and fewer vehicles as the govt ordered the pulling out 30% of its vehicles from the street. The air pollution was characterized as yellow smog. The city has 14 million population
Shanghai's air pollution was blamed on emissions from factories, vehicles, and changing weather patterns.
However, efforts are seen from Shanghai's public sector as sentiments from Chinas elite regarding air pollution is changing. Before, having smog was seen as sign of industrialization From PBS News
Will this happen in the Philippines as air temeperature gets lower, being December?
How is this air pollution going to afffect the Philippine? The climate change?
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