A Reuters photo shows pedestrians in Beijing
In a rare move, government officials in Beijing admitted that the dirty air is hazardous:
The US embassy gauges the air quality from a monitor on its roof and posts the results hourly on a Twitter account, BeijingAir. Postings over the past several days repeatedly declared the air “Hazardous” to those exposed to it for 24 hours, with several measurements so high as to be deemed “Beyond Index”.
In a rare bow to public pressure, the Beijing local government has begun using a more stringent measure for air quality, and the first publicly announced readings showed the air was ”hazardous” in at least two areas of the polluted capital city.
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