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I decided just to google Beijing air quality and both results came back... Not so good. "Dangerous Any exposure to the air, even for a few minutes, can lead to
by PNewling 2y ago
I decided just to google Beijing air quality and both results came back... Not so good.
"Dangerous
Any exposure to the air, even for a few minutes, can lead to serious health effects on everybody. Avoid outdoor activities."
https://www.accuweather.com/en/cn/beijing/101924/air-quality-index/101924 https://www.accuweather.com/en/cn/beijing/101924/air-quality...
"Very Unhealthy
Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected."
https://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ https://aqicn.org/city/beijing/
So not sure I fully believe that.
- em-bee 2y agotrue, but it wasn't any better during the olympics and i think it was much worse before that. i only got there shortly before the olympics so all i can confirm is that it did not get any worse after. according to this report air quality in beijing continuously improved for the last few decades: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/review-20-years-air-pollution-control-beijing https://www.unep.org/resources/report/review-20-years-air-po...
- diebeforei485 2y agoThere is more to China than just Beijing.
- em-bee 2y agoyes, but the olympics were mainly in beijing, so when it comes to the question of what happened with the air quality after the olympics, beijing matters the most.