Hi-Ho, Another Day Over 400 On The Beijing Pollution Scale; PRC Bans Selling Smog Insurance

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Pollution levels in Beijing climbed to dangerous heights on Thursday (March 27), causing residents to worry about their health.

Beijing's official air quality index (AQI), which measures airborne pollutants including particulate matter and sulphur dioxide, peaked to readings of over 400 on Thursday.

A level of 300 is considered dangerous while the World Health Organisation recommends a daily level of no more than 20. Beijing's index routinely exceeds 300, and sometimes hits levels above 500.

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Chinese regulators told the country's two largest insurers to stop selling policies against smog, a week after such policies were launched, the state-run English newspaper the China Daily reported on Thursday. The newspaper did not say why the country's insurance watchdog had ordered People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) and Ping An Insurance Group to cease sales.

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http://www.ntd.tv/en/news/china/20140327/118495-beijing-pollution-reaches-dangerous-levels.html

[yeoman6987]

1. How on Earth are we going to combat Global Warming

When we have China living like the United States was in 1950? We are in deep trouble!