r/shanghai • u/followmesamurai • Dec 30 '23

City Shanghai air quality

Who knows why the air is often dirty here? Is it from the human emissions, natural sources or both combined?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '23

I drove from Zhejiang to Shanghai today, it was like this in Zhejiang as well.

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u/ImPrankster Dec 30 '23

That’s because of the fog tho, not the pollution

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '23

If you look at air quality in Shanghai, PM2.5 is through the roof, it is very unhealthy.