Shanghai air pollution at record level
2 12 2013The severe pollution continued on Monday, with the average index for 24 hours reaching 259 micrograms as of 5 PM.
Health authorities in neighboring Japan have set the daily safety standard for PM2.5 at 70 micrograms.
Shanghai figures are 3 to 4 times that of standard for PM2.5 at 70 micrograms
Shanghai weather officials on Monday has issued a warning to citizens to refrain from going outdoors, adding that the dense smog has reduced visibility to less than 2 kilometers.
The city’s kindergartens, elementary and middle schools cancelled all extracurricular activities.
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