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Schoolchildren ordered indoors as air pollution cloaks Shanghai

Shanghai authorities ordered schoolchildren indoors and halted all construction on Friday as China’s financial hub suffered one its worst bouts of air pollution, bringing visibility down to a few dozen meters and obscuring the city’s spectacular skyline. The financial district … Continue reading

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Shanghai Hits Record Pollution Level On Marathon Day, Causing Runners’ Lungs To Hurt

When air quality levels in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai reach the government’s definition of “heavily polluted,” government officials recommend that children and the elderly refrain from all physical activity outdoors. Everyone else, they say, should avoid prolonged or … Continue reading

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Shanghai Warns Children to Stay Indoors on Air Pollution

Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors as the level of the most harmful pollutants exceeded more than 10 times the level deemed safe by the World Health Organization. The air pollution index in the nation’s commercial hub … Continue reading

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Shanghai smog: Air pollution covers city

Shanghai residents awoke this morning to find the city covered in a dense smog, as air quality in the city hit ‘severe pollution’ levels. Residents were advised to stay indoors where possible when the Shanghai Environment Agency measured pollution at … Continue reading

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Shanghai begins forecasting air pollution

Shanghai’s Air Quality Index AQI will range from 40 to 60 in the afternoon Monday, indicating good or excellent air quality, according to the city’s first air pollution forecast. The Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center and the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau began … Continue reading

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Shanghai to halt cement production when air pollution bad

Shanghai’s municipal government has announced that it will stop cement production when air pollution reaches ‘heavy’ or greater levels. The plan may affect at least three cement plants in the Shanghai area. The move follows a similar plan in Beijing … Continue reading

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Shanghai to curb air pollution

Local government bodies will have to stop using around 30 percent of their vehicles on seriously polluted days, or when the Air Quality Index is above 300, under a new regulation to be released soon, said Zhang Quan, the bureau’s … Continue reading

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Beijing’s air quality rated ‘hazardous’ as smog returns to eastern regions

Air quality in Beijing turned “hazardous” while pollution in Shanghai was rated unhealthy as hazy weather was forecast across eastern regions. Concentrations of PM2.5, fine air particulates that pose the greatest health risk, rose to 297 micrograms per cubic metre … Continue reading

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