Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Beijing Zaifa haze aggravated pollution early warning of fireworks

Yesterday is the traditional Lantern Festival, but the God does not cooperate, haze shrouded the capital. Beijing city meteorological station at four ten yesterday afternoon issued a yellow warning signal: expected haze in the evening to night in most parts of the city will be less than 3000 meters visibility, air pollution, most areas of Beijing in the 5 heavy pollution. Fireworks and firecrackers aggravated the pollution levels of air.

Yesterday afternoon, Beijing City Meteorological Station issued a yellow warning signal of haze. As of the day 17 data show, Beijing 35 monitoring stations in the 26 air quality level 5 "heavily polluted" or 6 "serious pollution", 9 site PM2.5 hours of concentrations exceeding 300 micrograms / cubic meter.

The city meteorological station said, is expected in most of the evening of 24 visibility at night the city will be less than 3000 meters, a haze, air pollution. Beijing municipal environmental protection monitoring center issued 24 days 20 when to 25 days 20 air quality forecast shows, air quality level area and the surrounding district six city will be presented 5 levels of severe pollution. The air quality index AQI value in 205-280, the primary pollutant is particulate matter PM2.5.

The Lantern Festival is Spring Festival Beijing Wuhuan region within the year of the snake can last day fireworks, although weather and environmental protection departments have issued recommendations, haze weather conditions are not suitable for the discharge of fireworks, urged the public to reduce discharge. Yesterday evening, Beijing fireworks sound gradually up. Last night 9 p.m., city environmental protection monitoring center official micro-blog said, evening fireworks display to push the high concentration of PM2.5 for one or two hours recently in a certain extent, in some areas has reached levels above 300 MCG, individual sites or even more than 400 micrograms / cubic meter, pollution is serious.

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