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Pollution Control

Do face masks actually reduce your exposure to air pollution?

Simple paper dust masks are largely useless. You need something more effective.

Sverre Vedal, The Conversation
· Nov 06, 2019 · 08:30 pm
A very cold winter for the poor: The unintended consequences of China’s war on pollution

The switch from coal to gas led to shortages and inadequate heating for many households last winter. Gas prices have also gone up.

Feng Hao
· Dec 09, 2018 · 08:30 pm
Pollution knows no borders – so India, Pakistan would do well to fight it together

It is time for the smog crisis to be seen as a regional rather than a local challenge.

Kevin Shi
· Nov 22, 2018 · 08:00 am

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