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Blanket of smog shuts down worksites

A blanket of smog put a stop to work on demolition and construction sites across the city yesterday.

The Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau ordered that demolition work on houses, the dismantling of scaffolding, road-building projects and worksite waste removal be halted from 3pm yesterday due to a yellow alert for haze.

The city’s air quality index soared to over 200 around 2pm from only 50 after midnight yesterday, which is considered heavily polluted.

“I was shocked when I used a tissue to wipe my nose and found it to be black,” a local resident surnamed Shi complained to Shanghai Daily.

The major pollutant, PM2.5 fine particles, reached 151 micrograms per cubic meter, or six times the level considered acceptable by the WHO.

A lack of wind meant that pollution generated by vehicles and construction and demolition sites gradually accumulated, said the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center. The air quality will improve this morning when wind blows most pollutants out of the city, the center said. The air quality is expected to be “good” by this afternoon.




 

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