Reports Say Air Pollution in Southern China Kills 10,000 Annually; China Biggest Emitter

摘要

Air pollution kills 10,000 people per year across Hong Kong, Macao, and China's Pearl River Delta, and current air government pollution indexes used in Hong Kong and China "are not merely insufficient but misleading," according to a June 11 report by a Hong Kong-based think tank. In its report, A Price Too High: The Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Southern China, Civic Exchange said there were an estimated 10,000 deaths in the southern China region in 2006 that were "directly attributable" to air pollution.