Blog Tag - Air Pollution
Most of us Beijing dwellers have bought an air purifier ahead of the capital's smoggy winter season, and assumed that such a device would be enough...
With 75 percent of 2016 in the can, Beijing's air has been 10 percent better than last year, a trend that we endorse with a deep, deep breath and a...
While we must keep in mind that the glass is still half full (2016 has been a better year for air in Beijing than 2015), the harsh reality is that we...
After blaming power plants and factories in Beijing and Hebei province, chuan'r salesmen, and automobiles, a new study appears to have pinpointed a...
While most cars sputter out toxic exhaust, one car claims to protect you from such pollution.
At least that's what electric vehicle maker Tesla is...
In what we can only really consider to be good news, Beijing's PM2.5 pollution levels saw a 27 percent decrease from January to March when compared...
When I reached Charles Liao last week, he was at the beginning of a five-hour van ride to his company's factory in Taizhou, Zhejiang. The Shanghai-...
Air pollution can have varying amounts of PM2.5; tiny particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. These can penetrate into the smallest...
When we talk about air pollution, it’s usually the physical effects we worry about. Yet a growing body of research suggests that we should also be...
[Updated Nov 17, 11am]
It's pretty grey outside, and looks like it's going to stay that way. Some people appear never to be brought down by the air...
In the continuing battle against air pollution, Beijing's environmental protection department is aiming to double the number of air quality...
Beijing plans to build "ventilation corridors" to allow regular air flow across the city reduce pollution, state-run media reported.
Five primary...
Beijing's old friend smog will be the main feature of Beijing's weather between Wednesday and Friday, with fireworks smoke and stagnant air cited as...
This post, in which International SOS's Dr. Michael Couturie provides advice for minimizing short and long-term health effects of pollution, comes...
We Beijing air obsessives will soon have a new gadget to play with: The AirVisual Node, a cool new home AQI monitor with advanced features that...