Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Environment

北方人因空气污染折寿5.5年? 环保部称结论不可信 (China’s environmental ministry: the conclusion that northerners' lives are shortened by pollution is untrustworthy)
Nanfang Weekly, July 10, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/92289

See full report at PNAS.org
Evidence on the impact of sustained exposure to air pollution on life expectancy from China’s Huai River policy
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/07/03/1300018110.full.pdf+html?sid=c042dff3-3341-49b8-8c25-a09862e0840c

快讯:广西贺江水污染事件相关责任人被停职 (Local officials suspended for role in contamination of He river in Guangxi)
China News Service, July 10, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-10/5024643.shtml

China's environment ministry “one of four worst departments in world”
The Telegraph, July 9, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10168806/Chinas-environment-ministry-one-of-four-worst-departments-in-world.html

In China, air pollution report brings despair, humor
USA Today, July 9, 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/09/china-air-pollution-study-fujian/2503319/