Outrage Grows Over Air Pollution and China’s Response

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Edward Wong, Outrage Grows Over Air Pollution and China’s Response. New York Times, Dec 7, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/0 ... breaking&st=cse

My comment: The report quotes Mr Steven Q Andrews, an American environmental consultant, as saying one authoritative study “indicates that if Beijing’s fine particulate concentration even reached the polluted levels of Los Angeles, life expectancy may increase by over five years.”

He means that Los Angeles is bad (but WAS worse), but that Beijing is even worse than LA.

Consult
Margot Roosevelt, LA, Bakersfield Remain Among US's Most Polluted Cities, Report Says. American Lung Assn. says smog and soot levels dropped significantly in Southern California over the last decade, but the L.A. area remains the worst region in the nation for ozone pollution. Los Angeles Times, Apr 27, 2011.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011 ... fornia-air-20110427