Smog ‘more ferocious’ than SARS

[Princess]

Funny Photoshop Edited Spoof: "May Leader Guide Our Path"

A RENOWNED scientist has said that the smog shrouding central and eastern China is more harmful to people than the deadly spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 10 years ago, pointing out that while SARS can be quarantined, no one can escape from air pollution.

Zhong Nanshan from the Chinese Academy of Engineering made the comment during an interview with a China Central Television news channel Wednesday.

Zhong is credited with helping to identify and then stem the 2003 outbreak of pneumonia-like SARS that killed 349 people on the Chinese mainland.

In the interview, Zhong described smog as the major cause of respiratory diseases.

“The number of lung cancer cases in Beijing has increased by 60 percent in the past 10 years. That’s astonishing,” Zhong said.

He quoted a study by a Hong Kong medical expert that found the fatality rate among respiratory patients increases to 11 percent if levels of PM 2.5 — tiny particulate matter that can penetrate deep into the lungs — increase to 200 micrograms per cubic meter from 25 micrograms.

Zhong said smog will also affect the cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and nervous systems.

He spoke positively about proposals that encourage people who work outdoors, such as traffic police officers, to wear masks when working in smoggy conditions.

He stressed that unlike SARS outbreaks in which patients can be quarantined and treated, no one can escape from air pollution, which also seeps indoors. Therefore, Zhong also called for efforts to improve people’s basic living environments.

Data from a China-based air quality monitoring website, PM2.5(AQI), showed that PM 2.5 levels were between 220 and 300 mcg per cubic meter in Beijing at 10 a.m. Thursday.

 

[djsjs]

Zhong Nanshan is a good physician, but not a good meteorologist.no need to take care of all what he said.

the smog is not only caused by the polution.their are weather factors, people who live in north china would feel that this winter is not so cold as usual.The most remarkable feature is that their are fewer windy days,fewer cold snaps which can blow all the polluted air to the pacific .fewer winds and cold snaps also led to higher temperature which means more rain and less snow,and then moist air.
hence
still air（less wind）+polluted air(suspended particulate matter)+ appropriate temperatures+high moisture----> smog.

 

[Princess]

still air（less wind）+polluted air(suspended particulate matter)+ appropriate temperatures+high moisture----> smog.

that's true,
but the government really should take immediate actions to reduce pollution
for example replace the fossil fuel taxis with EVs

 

[djsjs]

that's true,
but the government really should take immediate actions to reduce pollution
for example replace the fossil fuel taxis with EVs

taxis have already been converted into gas cars for several years in many cities.and some cities started to use electric buses including my hometown,but it is a hard job for that even a second tier city has thousands buses.

i think the main problem facing us is to improve the quality of gasoline immediately.and another thing we have to do is to reduce dependent on thermal power plants which means to build more dams and nuclear Power Plant.thirdly,improve the central heating and fuel efficiency.

electric cars are the future ,though not mature now,we can forsee a boom in ten years.

 

[Fsjal]

Funny Photoshop Edited Spoof: "May Leader Guide Our Path"

A RENOWNED scientist has said that the smog shrouding central and eastern China is more harmful to people than the deadly spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 10 years ago, pointing out that while SARS can be quarantined, no one can escape from air pollution.

Zhong Nanshan from the Chinese Academy of Engineering made the comment during an interview with a China Central Television news channel Wednesday.

Zhong is credited with helping to identify and then stem the 2003 outbreak of pneumonia-like SARS that killed 349 people on the Chinese mainland.

In the interview, Zhong described smog as the major cause of respiratory diseases.

“The number of lung cancer cases in Beijing has increased by 60 percent in the past 10 years. That’s astonishing,” Zhong said.

He quoted a study by a Hong Kong medical expert that found the fatality rate among respiratory patients increases to 11 percent if levels of PM 2.5 — tiny particulate matter that can penetrate deep into the lungs — increase to 200 micrograms per cubic meter from 25 micrograms.

Zhong said smog will also affect the cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and nervous systems.

He spoke positively about proposals that encourage people who work outdoors, such as traffic police officers, to wear masks when working in smoggy conditions.

He stressed that unlike SARS outbreaks in which patients can be quarantined and treated, no one can escape from air pollution, which also seeps indoors. Therefore, Zhong also called for efforts to improve people’s basic living environments.

Data from a China-based air quality monitoring website, PM2.5(AQI), showed that PM 2.5 levels were between 220 and 300 mcg per cubic meter in Beijing at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Are those real images?
If it is, Beijing is more polluted than Manila.
BTW One person said that Beijing's air is so dirty that when taking a shower, black sludge appears.

 

[djsjs]

Are those real images?
If it is, Beijing is more polluted than Manila.
BTW One person said that Beijing's air is so dirty that when taking a shower, black sludge appears.

it is true if you just pulled out from the mud.
you can pay a little attention to the daily air quality forcast.

 

[S10]

The government encouraged people to purchase cars, without enforcing environmental legislation or improving existing infrastructure. As a result, you have toxic air and nighmare traffic jam in Beijing. Yet, people are still trying to get into that city.
Anybody who didn't see this coming is blind.

Personally, I think China needs to move its capital somewhere else.

 

[PITA]

In terms of public transportation, it's good that Beijing is building more subways but they need more going towards the south where a lot of people tend to live. I believe they're working on that now and we'll see many of them completed in the next couple of years. I'd also like to see them phase out the taxis and get more buses. There are far too many taxis and they contribute to a lot of the traffic. The biggest problem with the buses is they're too crowded and they need more to make it more comfortable for commuters. Also, some of the buses are old and their emission standards could be better.

Fsjal,

Glad to see you're still sticking around.

Beijing is not as bad as that. Most of the pollution is obviously worse in the summer time because of the air pressure and during the winter it's fine. I doubt that is smog and looks like fog in the pic. Besides, Princess already said that they are PS. Is the pollution bad? I'm not going to lie and say it's great but I do think it's been blown way out of proportion.

BTW, cool avatar. Me likey very much.

 

[Princess]

Are those real images?
If it is, Beijing is more polluted than Manila.
BTW One person said that Beijing's air is so dirty that when taking a shower, black sludge appears.

not always that bad, mainly depends on the weather