Blog Tag - Air Pollution

Tech Check: Is Your Air Purifer Among the 25 Percent Found to be Substandard?
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...
Three Quarters Through 2016, Beijing's Air 10 Percent Better Than Last Year
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...
Get Yourself Prepared with a Combo PM 2.5 and CO2 Monitor as the Smog Monster Returns
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...
Major Source of Beijing Air Pollution Discovered: You
After blaming power plants and factories in Beijing and Hebei province, chuan'r salesmen, and automobiles, a new study appears to have pinpointed a...
Drive Your Own Pollution Dome: Tesla claims its latest completely protects against PM2.5s
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...
Beijing Ranks 11th in Greenpeace Quarterly Provincial Air Pollution Data, Pollution Down 27 Percent Compared to Last Year
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...
Mila Takes the Guesswork Out of Clean Air with Monthly Purifier Plans
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-...
Doctor's Orders: Air Pollution in Perspective
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...
Airing Your Problems: Addressing the Mental Health Effects of Pollution
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...
Yellow Air Alert!: Does Your Favorite F&B Establishment Filter Its Air?
[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...
Beijing Continues Battle on Pollution: Air Monitoring Stations to Double in City
In the continuing battle against air pollution, Beijing's environmental protection department is aiming to double the number of air quality...
Where the Wind Blows: Beijing to Build 'Ventilation Corridors' to Blow Away Pollution
Beijing plans to build "ventilation corridors" to allow regular air flow across the city reduce pollution, state-run media reported. Five primary...
Smog to Plague Beijing until Friday
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...
Pollution in China: A Doctor's Perspective
This post, in which International SOS's Dr. Michael Couturie provides advice for minimizing short and long-term health effects of pollution, comes...
Beijing Dad's Air Quality Device Kicks off Crowdfunding Campaign
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...