Beijing’s horrible pollution – of such toxicity that by some estimates that on that historically terrible day breathing in Beijing was equivalent to smoking 20+ cigarettes – made international news over the past weeks. This isn’t a bad thing…but consider that apart from the aforementioned terrible day, Beijing usually doesn’t have the worst air quality in the country. On a typical bad day (AQI 500+, meaning a day in which there is so much pollution that the air quality index can no longer be accurately measured and people are recommended to stay indoors), Beijing usually doesn’t crack the top ten most polluted cities. Where’s the international coverage of that?
Some photos from home and work of bad and good pollution days:
