A bridge to nowhere
Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed by a heavy smog of 340 micrograms of pollutants per cubic meter, ten times the unhealthy level for humans. Even though the Government has closed 28,000 factories for air safety violations, the pollution reading on Christmas morning was 647 micrograms per cubic meter, one level below a disaster. The Chinese Government ambitious plan to spend 1 trillion on new nuclear plants and shut down coal burning utilities will be a great help, but the country must clamp down on pollution now and preserve the lives of its citizens and the citizens of the planet.
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