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South China too Catching Up With Beijing in Air Pollution
January 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Environmental Health
Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky and diminish visibility.
In total, 27 major cities and counties set records in terms of hazy days last year. The situation was relatively more grave in the Pearl River Delta region in eastern Guangdong. Most cities and counties there saw more than 100 hazy days, a report on the atmospheric composition released by the provincial meteorological bureau said.
Enping City in Guangdong's northwest recorded 240 hazy days last year, the most in the province, the report said.
"The serious situation of hazy days shows the atmospheric pollution in Guangdong, especially in urban areas, is worsening," it noted.
Industrial discharge and auto exhaust were largely blamed for the air pollution, according to Wu Dui, an atmospheric studies expert from the Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Bureau.
He said haze lingering over the Pearl River Delta region was mainly caused by lower atmospheric pollutants brought by air currents along the coastline from Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Dongguan; the haze was rarely blown from the region to Hong Kong -- only one to three days in a year.
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