Is the API really 87 today?

Posted Jun 29, 2008 11:29am by okyjace

Joined: Oct 11th, 2005
Posts: 98

I live at Guomao and looking out the window today, the CCTV building (a.k.a. "pants") is half visible. Debating if its too polluted to head out today, but according to SEPA (http://english.sepa.gov.cn/) the API for Beijing today is 87. Maybe it's just Guomao, or somebody needs to tell SEPA to look out the window. What's the view like from where you are? Is th API really 87 today?

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croozn

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Re: Is the API really 87 today?

Posted by: croozn on Jun 29, 2008 1:22pm

More like 97.

deZine

Joined: May 14th, 2008
Posts: 117

Re: Is the API really 87 today?

Posted by: deZine on Jun 29, 2008 2:23pm

Date on the API says :

2008-06-26
Beijing - 87- 2

I wanna chew up some reviews!

damian

Joined: Jan 31st, 2007
Posts: 142

Re: Is the API really 87 today?

Posted by: damian on Mar 21, 2009 8:35pm

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/2008/11/11/i...

chaofan

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Re: Is the API really 87 today?

Posted by: chaofan on Mar 21, 2009 11:23pm

Sorry, new to Beijing, what is API? Obviously something about pollution, is it a kind of measurement? Who is doing it? I am not sure you would get an honest measurement from the government.

croozn

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Re: Is the API really 87 today?

Posted by: croozn on Mar 21, 2009 11:39pm

Air Pollution Index

toughguy

Joined: Jun 16th, 2007
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Re: Is the API really 87 today?

Posted by: toughguy on Sep 13, 2009 12:34pm

You can't believe those SEPA numbers anyway---and even if you did they don't include what's really in the air anyhow---just one word of advice----lung damage due to pollution can never be reversed... And then there are mega-morons who smoke at the same time...