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Tag Archives: Hong Kong
Hot, hazy day for Hong Kong as air quality poses ‘very high’ health risk in Central, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok
Weather to remain sunny with low visibility through the day, with one or two isolated showers in the afternoon A blanket of heavy pollution smothered Hong Kong’s biggest business and shopping districts on Wednesday. Citizens braving the sweltering heat also … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China
Tagged Air Pollution, China, Hong Kong, PM2.5, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Stronger wind expected to ease high-risk air pollution
High-risk air pollution in Hong Kong is expected to ease on Thursday as the dry northeast monsoon affecting southern China gets stronger, according to the Hong Kong Observatory Hong Kong suffered higher than normal pollution levels on Wednesday afternoon, Ming … Continue reading
Improvements in short-term forecasting of air pollution levels
The research project carried out by a researcher at UPM has successfully predicted the daily maximum ozone threshold exceedances in the Hong Kong area. The results show that an accurate and prompt prediction of tropospheric ozone concentrations is of great … Continue reading
Shipping air pollution causes 24,000 deaths a year in east Asia – study
Ship traffic is often overlooked compared to smog-producing cars and factories, but it has more than doubled off east Asia since 2005 A boom in shipping is aggravating air pollution in China and other nations in east Asia, causing thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China
Tagged Air Pollution, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Research, shipping, South Korea, Sulfur Dioxide SO2, Taiwan
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Air pollution hits a high
Hong Kong’s air pollution hit the highest level, posing “serious health risks”, the governent has warned. The Environmental Protection Department reported that the pollution was mainly caused by smog and ozone as a result of the hot weather, while super … Continue reading
Polluted air may up risk of many cancers
For elderly people in Hong Kong, long term exposure to fine-particle air pollution is tied to an increased risk of dying from many cancers, including breast, liver and pancreatic cancer, in addition to the expected lung cancer risk, according to … Continue reading
Coughing much? Hong Kong suffers bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong
But environmental campaigners say pollution cannot be solely blamed on mainland sources Hong Kong has seen a bigger rise in poisonous ozone pollution than industrial Guangdong – but pollutants from the mainland are not solely to blame, environmental campaigners say. … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China
Tagged Air Pollution, China, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Ozone O3
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