Air pollution still a problem in Beijing days ahead of the Games

World | 207503 hits | Jul 27 9:51 am | Posted by: WDHIII

BEIJING - The Chinese capital was shrouded in thick grey smog on Sunday, just 12 days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. One expert warned that drastic measures enacted to cut vehicle and factory emissions in the city were no guaran

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by Alta_redneck
Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:16 pm
One of the last reports I heard, they had 1000's of people using rakes to clean the algae out of the canal where the rowing is to be held. And there's a swarm of Lotus outside the city and if the winds just right it'll blow them in. It's going to be an interesting 2 weeks.
by Alberta1
Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:41 pm
Those Lotus are pretty heavy vehicles as well!

I saw them cleaning out the algae. China really needs this to go well and its a huge undertaking considering their population size.

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