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California getting 'second-hand smog' from Asia, researchers say
Reuters ^
| March 31, 2015
| Sharon Bernstein
Posted on 04/01/2015 4:55:07 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California is suffering from "second-hand smog" drifting in from Asia and other places, researchers said on Tuesday, even as the state's prolonged drought has made air quality worse. About 10 percent of ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog, in the state's San Joaquin Valley farm region comes from other countries, mostly in Asia, said Ian Faloona, an atmospheric scientist with the University of California, Davis.
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To: samtheman
this guys all in favor of ALL of Obies Deals!!
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:07:39 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: vpintheak
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:08:31 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Yea, I have been in Taipai, I could not see the tallest building in the world until I was about 200 yards from it..
That much pollution..
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:12:45 PM PDT
by
aces
(Jesus Saves not Society)
To: MeshugeMikey
This is almost certainly BS.
The lower level air pollution would have either been flushed out over the ocean during rain storms in the thousands of miles trip to California or would have dissipated into the higher atmosphere.
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:12:53 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: MeshugeMikey
“NO,,,AGREEMENTS of any sort re the “environment” until CHINA cleans up its act!!! “
That should be the Republicans mantra.
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:13:00 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
To: nascarnation
Nah Obama will just charge it against their carbon credit account...
To: MeshugeMikey
They should just pass a bill to ban the emissions. If that doesn't work they should file a complaint with the EPA. If that doesn't work they should ban fracking in North Dakota and Pennsylvania. If that doesn't work they should build a pipeline to Canada and pump all the stuff there. Oh, I forgot odumbo would veto it. Boy are those guys in trouble!
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:15:18 PM PDT
by
immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
To: MeshugeMikey
I have a friend who after she got a graduate degree in Environment Engineering went to work for a large US plumbing fixture manufacturer.
After NAFTA, they built another foundry in Mexico, close to the US border that in every way was identical to their most modern US foundry, except that the section of the plant that had all the emissions control and fume scrubbers was just an empty lot.
Over the past twenty or so years they have been closing US foundries and moving the work to Mexico.
The net result of putting more pollution regulations on US business is that instead of some controls, the world is ending up with none.
To: immadashell
Oops, I forgot one. They should get all the libs to shout in unison,”I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!”
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:19:20 PM PDT
by
immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Sort of like Arizona, Nevada, Utah and other states get their ‘second-hand smog’ from California?
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:21:41 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(It IS as BAD as you think and they ARE out to get you.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Korea, Japan and most of China lay beneath the latitudes of the prevailing westerlies, bringing air from west to east. As these winds often achieve great altitude as in the jet streams, It is certain that substantial pollution from Asia reaches the North American continent.
To: MeshugeMikey
Annually Korea and Japan are hit by a yellow cloud from China, it is toxic
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:36:33 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
love that Jet stream!! mmmmmm
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:37:05 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:37:36 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
Ban The Jet Stream Now!!
No Assault Air Flow!!
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:38:43 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Completely correct. The biggest reason why the Kyoto Protocol was rejected by Congress was because it did NOTHING to curb China's serious pollution problems--China has some of the worst air and water quality on Earth and that could result in such gigantic medical costs that China will essential use up its financial reserves taking care of over 10% of Earth's population affected by air and water pollution....
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:39:44 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: MeshugeMikey
Chinese flatulence goes global
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:39:49 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: MeshugeMikey
the photos of the Chinese smog...that I've seen...in the last ten years...appear to have been taken in the midst...of a massive firestorm If by "firestorm" you mean huge brush fires (like what often happens in California and Australia) it seems strange that I encountered unbreatheable air caused by such brush fires *each* time I went there.
To: Gay State Conservative
the “death cities” I think they’ve been called must be really lovely this time of year.
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:44:53 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: GeronL
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posted on
04/01/2015 5:45:25 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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