U.S. Air Pollution Linked to Chinese Exports
Wednesday,
Jan 29
Jan 29

We already know China has problems with air pollution, and that we are partly to blame for that. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that 20 percent of the air pollution in China is caused by the goods it exports to us in America.
What hits even more close to home is that that same air pollution is drifting over to the States.
In the U.S., people who live on the west coast are being hit the hardest. On the California coastline, there are days when an entire quarter of the sulfite pollution is caused by Chinese export production. In Los Angeles, there is at least one extra day a year of severe air pollution because of it.
Sources:
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Teaching+resources/Key+Stage+3+resources/China+Today/Made+in+China.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/20/health/pollution-china-pnas/
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0120-china-air-pollution-returns.html
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