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Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
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Friday, March 22, 2013

China's commitment to tackle pollution and food safety

China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang (REUTERS/Jason Lee)

We will enhance the economic development and also creates a clean air quality, drinking water and food are safe, "
Beijing (Reuters)-China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang said China's commitment to tackling the problems of pollution and food safety firmly.

"We will boost economic development by also creating a clean air quality, drinking water and food are safe," he said, when reporters in Beijing, the inventiveness of the week.

Speaking after the close of the 12th Congress of the people of China Li Keqiang National pleads with pollution haze was very indignant that blanketed Beijing and Eastern China.

He stressed, "to solve the problem required firmness, resolution proper, clear and measurable. We will set the deadline, ".

A similar case also will be made to deal with the pollution of water and soil, which have also been contaminated industrial waste, he said, Li added.

Food security-related, Prime Minister Li said it has also become a major concern due to the Governments concerned the health and quality of life of the community.

He said the Government will firmly crack down on food safety offenders and would have to pay dearly for it.

Li Keqiang said the Government will encourage the development of science, food safety and environmentally related in a way that is more transparent.

Food security conditions in some parts of China are of concern. Some reported security breaches.

Like cooking oil recycled from the sewer, carcinogens found in milk and eggs.

In 2008, melamine-contaminated milk killed six children and making 300 thousand others sick.

Not only that some time ago, Shanghai food safety authorities found levels of antiobiotik and steroids that exceeds the standard, in fried chicken Yum Brands Inc.--sort of like KFC--.

Authorities also found the level of antiviral drugs that are suspicious at any one of the eight samples tested.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Beijing again beware of high air pollution

Beijing (Reuters)-Beijing return reasonably high levels of air pollution, pascapesta Fireworks since the beginning of the Chinese new year celebrations since Saturday (9/2).

The City Government of Beijing on Wednesday, in his written statement said the level of air pollution in China's capital, urged its citizens to reduce the activities of Fireworks to reduce pollution levels in the region which is already very high.

Based tools monitor the level of air pollution on Wednesday afternoon, the number of levels of pollutants that are very dangerous to the PM2.5 mencai 200 to 250 micrograms per cubic meter of air.

"It's still an estimated Levels will increase," the statement of the Beijing environmental protection Monitoring Center.

Over the last few days, Beijing on Wednesday is a bit foggy. And a lack of wind led to a thick fog blanketed Beijing pollution.

"Therefore, the City Government has appealed to the entire asking citizens to reduce usage and Fireworks," added the Beijing City Government statement.

During the Chinese new year celebration, firecrackers and Fireworks is inseparable part. The day before the feast of the new year firecrackers and Fireworks have been flamed by every citizen of surroundings, respectively, to this day.

In Beijing, there are particular about 750 thousand kiosks fireworks during Chinese new year celebrations. Fireworks and firecrackers being sold a variety of shapes and size, there are even some the size of a tin of biscuits.

Reasonable, in addition to noise pollution because it ignited simultaneously, especially bersahut-sahutan the first day of Chinese new year, firecrackers and Fireworks also contributed to the levels of air pollution, in Beijing, which already is very high due to the rapid economic development of the use of fossil energy sources.

Therefore, the Chinese Government had restricted the use of firecrackers and fireworks in celebration of the Chinese new year 2013.
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Monday, October 3, 2011

VIDEO: Iranian city tops air pollution index

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