Topic: air pollution
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Charts
China's Deadly Air Pollution Jumped 30 Percent This Year
In 2010, air pollution contributed to 1.2 million deaths and 2013 looks like it could be even worse.
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Car Exhaust Hurts Children as Much as Second-Hand Smoke
European researchers believe 14 percent of chronic childhood asthma can be blamed on living near busy roads.
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Maps
Mapping the Noxious Ozone Plumes Over Houston
A new app from Texas researchers shows how clouds of lung-pummeling ozone move through Houston neighborhoods.
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Photos
Here's Exactly How Bad Beijing's Smog Crisis Is, In One Photo
China World Trade Center Tower III is more than 1,000 feet tall and can't be seen today in Beijing.
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The Big Fix
Europe's Emerging Consensus on Low-Emissions Zones
Critics of London Mayor Boris Johnson's ambitious air pollution plan may be missing the bigger picture.
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Air Pollution Linked to More Severe Heart Attacks
Heart attack survivors are more likely to die over the following years if they live in an area with higher levels of pollution.
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The Lessons We Haven't Learned From London's Killer Fog of 1952
Because of global urbanization, the number of people exposed to catastrophic levels of pollution is growing exponentially.
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Beijing Gets Aggressive on Cutting Smog, But It May Not Matter
The municipal government can only do so much without support at the national level.
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Charts
A Breakdown of What Exactly Is in Beijing's Filthy Air
Climate Desk lays out the contents of China's air pollution.
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Photos
NASA Satellite Image Shows Beijing Drowning in a Lake of Smog
Air pollution has been particularly bad in China this week, with levels nine times above what the U.S. considers "unsafe."
