| Shanghai comparator up, Beijing comparator still down... |
| Thursday, 31 January 2008, Written by Julien | |
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I took me quite some time to try having Shanghai and Beijing comparators up again. For Shanghai, it's done, and the comparison is done as before. For Beijing, it is not so easy. Since January 1st, Beijing Environment Bureau only provides the general index and the main pollutant. It is not sufficient to compare properly with other cities' indexes. Previously, we had the indexes for three pollutants (SO2, NO2 and PM10) with which we could calculate the concentrations. I keep trying to find a solution, but as we get closer to the Olympics, it will be harder to get reliable data... Comments
melanie gao wrote :
hi! I just found your blog through Planet BLUG. Do you have any tips on mitigating the risk of living in such a polluted environment? I mean, we can't help but breathe the air. But are there things we can do to try to minimize the amount of pollution we absorb? Or get the pollutants back out of our bodies?
annie wrote :
I have emphysema and will be in Beijing and Shanghai in June/July. Anybody know how I can get oxygen in these cities?
Julien wrote :
Oxygen
Hi Annie, I guess you can find oxygen in any hospital (see the US Embassy list of hospitals). I have also seen oxygen generators in some pharmacies in Beijing.
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