Comments on: Beijing API at 173 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/16/beijing-api-at-173/ New Media researcher Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bjorn lee http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/16/beijing-api-at-173/#comment-152911 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:46:34 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/16/beijing-api-at-173/#comment-152911 had to get out of my feed to comment on this.. =) my guess on why the chinese can put up with this is cos they are so used to their persistent cloud of cigarette smoke such air pollution seems mild in comparison.. perhaps a smoking poll of the staff members at SEPA will help explain the "light pollution" tag.. had to get out of my feed to comment on this.. =)

my guess on why the chinese can put up with this is cos they are so used to their persistent cloud of cigarette smoke such air pollution seems mild in comparison..

perhaps a smoking poll of the staff members at SEPA will help explain the “light pollution” tag..

]]> by: Kelly Martin http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/16/beijing-api-at-173/#comment-152105 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:24:33 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/04/16/beijing-api-at-173/#comment-152105 I've been trying to find out what an API of 150 (or whatever) means without much luck. Are these numbers comparable or convertible in some way to the <a href="http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.aqi" rel="nofollow">AQI</a> used by the US government? From the text descriptions given above, it seems as though the numbers are comparable in meaning, although the US terms used are far more dire (what China is calling "moderate polluted" we call "very unhealthy"). I’ve been trying to find out what an API of 150 (or whatever) means without much luck. Are these numbers comparable or convertible in some way to the AQI used by the US government? From the text descriptions given above, it seems as though the numbers are comparable in meaning, although the US terms used are far more dire (what China is calling “moderate polluted” we call “very unhealthy”).

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