Thursday, August 2, 2012

Hong Kong suffers worst air pollution in two years

Reuters: The worst pollution in two years smothered Hong Kong for a second day on Thursday, prompting warnings to the elderly and sick to stay indoors and obscuring one of the world's most famous views. Pollution readings were "very high" in business and shopping districts such as Central, Western, Causeway Bay and Mongkok, air monitoring stations showed. The levels have surpassed only once in March 2010 when a sandstorm in northern China covered Hong Kong in dust. "Bad air is trapped here. But even...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/02/hong-kong-air-pollution
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/8/2/1343917232957/toxic-smog-and-air-pollut-008.jpg

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