State-run media finally talking about health threats of pollution
(NEWSER) - Those shadowy days that appear in mid-afternoon in Beijing aren't just caused by fog after all, Chinese officials are finally admitting. It's throat-choking, eye-watering, blinding smog. And it's been so atrocious the last few days that authorities have had to cancel flights out of Beijing International Airport, the world's second busiest hub, reports MSNBC . State-run media had been complaining about a persistent "fog," but are now talking about the health threats of pollution—and residents have been scooping up masks and air filter machines for their homes. The timing was poignant as officials from China, the biggest carbon emitter in the world, are at the Durban summit negotiating a binding agreement to reduce emissions. More»
