[sustran] Over 100 million Chinese inhale polluted air every day

[Karl Fjellstrom]

Over 100 million Chinese inhale polluted air every day 	
	
www.chinaview.cn 2003-11-05 19:18:28	


    SHANGHAI, Nov. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Two in every five Chinese town and
city dwellers, or over 100 million people, are inhaling polluted air
every day, an official with the Chinese national legislature said here
Wednesday. 


    Mao Rubai, chairman of the Environment and Resources Protection
Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), said that more
than a third of the 340 cities monitored by the committee reported level
III or worse air quality, indicating polluted or poor air quality. 


    The China Environmental Monitoring Center notes that air quality in
the country's urban areas is classified in five levels:level I or
excellent, level II or fairly good, level III or slightly polluted,
level IV or poor, and level V or hazardous. 


   

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/05/content_1162376.htm]
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