Capital may halt PE classes when pollution heavy
By Liang Yiwen |
March 24, 2012, Saturday
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SCHOOLS in Beijing will cancel outdoor PE classes when the air becomes too polluted, under a proposed air quality emergency plan.
Enterprises which cause pollution will suspend production and government vehicles will be taken off the streets on seriously polluted days, under the draft regulation, the Beijing Evening News reported yesterday.
Beijing's air quality has deteriorated in the past two months, according to the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau.
The density of inhalable particles and sulfur dioxide rose by about 10 percent and 12 percent in January and February, compared with the same period last year.
The level of five fine pollutants - PM2.5 and PM10 particles, nitrogen dioxide, total suspended particulates and ozone - exceeded national standards.
The density of PM2.5 particles was nearly double the national standard, which is set at 35 micrograms per cubic meter of air.
PM2.5 particles measure 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, and generally come from activities that burn fossil fuels, such as traffic, smelting and metal processing.
They are particularly hazardous to people's health, as they can lodge in the lungs.
The capital is to build 35 PM2.5 monitoring stations and satellite remote sensing monitoring system to supervise air quality.
Beijing aims to reduce the PM2.5 reading from the current 70 micrograms to 50 micrograms per cubic meter by 2020 by cutting down on coal use and promoting new-energy vehicles.
The draft plan says that in seriously polluted days, alerts will be sent to residents to remind them stay indoors.
Construction site earth-moving trucks will be banned from roads and outdoor exercises canceled.
Shanghai environmental authorities say they are in talks with education authorities about a similar plan.
"We can alert the Shanghai Education Commission for it to take measures in seriously polluted days," said bureau official Lin Chenyuan.
Enterprises which cause pollution will suspend production and government vehicles will be taken off the streets on seriously polluted days, under the draft regulation, the Beijing Evening News reported yesterday.
Beijing's air quality has deteriorated in the past two months, according to the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau.
The density of inhalable particles and sulfur dioxide rose by about 10 percent and 12 percent in January and February, compared with the same period last year.
The level of five fine pollutants - PM2.5 and PM10 particles, nitrogen dioxide, total suspended particulates and ozone - exceeded national standards.
The density of PM2.5 particles was nearly double the national standard, which is set at 35 micrograms per cubic meter of air.
PM2.5 particles measure 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, and generally come from activities that burn fossil fuels, such as traffic, smelting and metal processing.
They are particularly hazardous to people's health, as they can lodge in the lungs.
The capital is to build 35 PM2.5 monitoring stations and satellite remote sensing monitoring system to supervise air quality.
Beijing aims to reduce the PM2.5 reading from the current 70 micrograms to 50 micrograms per cubic meter by 2020 by cutting down on coal use and promoting new-energy vehicles.
The draft plan says that in seriously polluted days, alerts will be sent to residents to remind them stay indoors.
Construction site earth-moving trucks will be banned from roads and outdoor exercises canceled.
Shanghai environmental authorities say they are in talks with education authorities about a similar plan.
"We can alert the Shanghai Education Commission for it to take measures in seriously polluted days," said bureau official Lin Chenyuan.
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