AIR - Beijing Gets Hit With First Off-The-Charts Air Pollution Day Of The Year

A tourist with a protective mask watches the buildings at the Bund under heavy haze in Shanghai, China, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. CREDIT: AP Photo/Eugene HoshikoIt may be a new year, but Beijing is starting 2014 still struggling with an old problem — off-the-charts air pollution. On Thursday, the city issued its first warning of the year for a wave of dangerous smog that exceeded the worst threshold in the warning system. Concentrations of PM2.5, a ...

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