Recently China's heavy air has been traveling and getting settled into California. The air from China is the most polluted air because they are in the center of coal mines. Therefore, their air is a lot thicker and causes damage to the lungs in the long run. There are places where people need to have on surgical masks. The Environmental Protection Agency has stated that there is “global transport of air pollution” from China. This is something that Americans need to worry about because the polluted air is reaching towards our way. It is said that the air from China is hovering over Los Angeles, California. LA also has smog due to car emissions and geography. With the polluted air coming their way from China, it will get worse for LA because there will be a bigger percentage of polluted air in the atmosphere. The percentage of pollution from both places are said to be 25% from Los Angeles and 40% from China. This will highly affect those living in LA.
My outtake on this article is alarming. Hearing from this, I am shocked at how much of the pollution has been carried over from exports. It is incredible how pollution can travel all the way to another continent. If pollution keeps up children in California can develop asthma and lung cancer faster. This is a big issue to Americans and can cause further damage if not helped. The way China and the US transport goods to each other will deteriorate our breathing space if we do not help or stop it.
http://greenanswers.com/news/215069/chinas-air-pollution-transportation-la
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