"Page 2" - China's Detrimental Air Pollution

China Smog: Beijing shuts down:  Beijing shuts down schools, 39 cities issue alerts
[Press Trust of India (PTI) News/The Indian Express; December 22, 2015]
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/china-smog-beijing-shuts-down-schools-39-cities-issue-alerts/

 Beijing Issues a Second 'Red Alert' on Pollution
(Edward WONG, New York Times; December 17, 2015)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/world/asia/beijing-issues-a-second-red-alert-on-pollution.html?_r=0

N. B.:  Infographic embedded within the aforementioned New York Times article.

 Beijing's Air Pollution is So Bad That an Artist Made a Brick Out of It
(Alexandra MA, Huffington Post; December 1, 2015)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/china-air-pollution-brick_565dd024e4b08e945feca1fd

 Man transforms Beijing air pollution into 'Smog brick'
(Globaltimes.cn; December 1, 2015)
http://www.globaltimes.cn/galleries/217.html

N. B.:  Photo gallery of 100 days of Beijing air pollution sampling via industrial vacuum by Chinese Activist-Artist Wang RENZHENG, aka - Jianguo XIONGDI or "Nut Brother".


Website: 


Air Contaminants:  Particulate Matter 
[California Department of Health; California Environmental Health Tracking Program (CEHTP)]
http://www.cehtp.org/faq/air/air_contaminants_particulate_matter_(pm)


Video:


What is PM2.5 particulate matter (in smog)  [N. B.:  In Chinese language!]

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