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Old 25th Apr 2011, 09:56
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hongkongfooey
 
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Coast, even the most die hard pollution fighters agree that around 50% is local and 50% from the mainland, HK has a power station that burns coal as dirty as possible to make more money ( even heard that the shutters are only used for EPA visits, theres a ton of vehicle pollution and don't forget about the ships.

A nice day in Europe will see pollution levels of 5k-20k particles/l. EU guidelines recommend not exercising outdoors if levels reach 105k particles/l.
Yep, a nice day here on Fantasy Island is 250K/L, faark knows what it is in central. An IQ air agent sent an email telling them that the pollution reached 1,200,000/L late last year, IQ air thought he was taking the pi55.

The daily pollution levels here would make front page news in most countries and all but a small minority don't seem to give a damn
Sadly the minority that give a damn wont hang around and damage their families health, even if they did wan't to try and fight it. But why would you bother, nobody honestly believes our northern brothers will do anything about it anytime soon, and when the average HKer puts education and sporting prowess above health for their children, well what hope have they got ?

I wonder how long it will be before China is unable to sustain life ? Think I'm joking.................
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