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Chinese scientists concluded: smog that enveloped Beijing in The beginning of this year can be much more dangerous than previously thought. Why?
It turned out that it was not just a smog. Chinese Academy of Sciences reports that high solids suspended air particles, which enveloped Beijing in January, was also filled with large amount of toxic organic chemicals. They are called photo oxidants. And if the research results are confirmed, this means that the air over the capital of China is more dangerous for life than previously thought.
[Professor Li Hinshu, University named after Sun Yatsen]: “Nitrogen compounds found in smog are usually are nitrogen dioxide. She, as well as sulfur dioxide, usually accumulate due to exhaust fumes. If the weather is bad, humidity is high, then they form larger particles, and they can cause cancer if inhaled. ”
A similar photochemical smog was first recorded over Los Angeles in 1944. Then this phenomenon led to death about 800 people. Today, according to Chinese authorities, residents Beijing breathe the same toxic components.
At the same time, the territory through which the dangerous air is not limited only to the capital of China. Smog can to travel long distances. Recently, the Ministry of the Environment Japan’s environment reported that a similar toxic cloud also covered and Tokyo.
And American scientists have found that this could reach other countries of the world through the Pacific air flow, which goes around the earth from west to east.
But how can the residents of Beijing themselves defend themselves? It turns out practically nothing.
[Li, Beijing resident]: “We are helpless. When we do not have rights, or when we are deprived of rights, we cannot do anything to do. We have no right to choose officials, therefore they are on us does not work. The natural environment in which we live reflects our political environment. ”
After a person inhales air filled with photooxidants, before the possible formation of a cancerous tumor will pass a few more years. This means that the effects of dangerous smog over Beijing will manifest itself for a long time.
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