Straw burning led to high levels of pollution in Zhengzhou choked many people awake | | burning straw _ air pollution news

Reading Tips | " Good taste steamed dumplings stuffed with straw, choking people awake. "Yesterday morning, connecting readers to call the River, filled with dense smoke over Zhengzhou, a lot of people choked up in his sleep. Xinhua learned from Zhengzhou city environmental protection Bureau, yesterday at 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhengzhou 9 air quality monitoring sites, apart from 2 fails, one slightly polluted, and the remaining 6 monitoring stations showed "high levels of pollution", which lasted until noon beginning to turn around.

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"Complaint" strong odor choke early in the morning to wake up

"It's too hot, didn't close the window when sleeping, was choked up in the morning. "Yesterday morning, Ms living in Zhongyuan road, Zhengzhou city, Zou explained that her place on the 15 floor, at 8 in the morning, by a strong odor of choking up, across a look out the window, found in the air is passing a gray," back home in the countryside, a smell would know is the smell of steamed dumplings stuffed with straw. ”

On Twitter, many people throw up slot. A Netizen named "Zhengzhou merits" said opening the window early in the morning, straw burning smell wafted in, not far from the building, smoke can be heard.

Subsequently, the reporter, Yingbin Road, Jin Shuilu zhongzhou road sections to visit and found the smell in the air is very strong indeed, floating layer of gray smoke over the city.

EPA monitoring data show in Zhengzhou city, yesterday morning, Zhengzhou AQI (air quality index) has been maintained at more than 200, known as "heavy pollution". At 9 in the morning, medical monitoring points of AQI values reached 295, reached the day high. Henan province meteorological station released information showing that the Zhengzhou 2-stage air yesterday, maybe the wind played a role, yesterday afternoon, the AQI of monitoring station in the city of Zhengzhou began to slowly decline. As of yesterday at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhengzhou's air quality had returned to "good".

"Response" may be from the "neighbors" where wind blows

According to reporter understanding, May end of, Zhengzhou has held Conference, deployment this summer of straw ban burn work, requires the County (City) District daily informed ban burn information, and investigated situation, for appeared burning straw of, on related responsibility County (City) District for doubled financial buckle paragraph, first a burning fire points financial buckle paragraph 1 million Yuan, second a fire points buckle 2 million Yuan, and so on.

So, yesterday, where smog and flavor is coming from it? Zhengzhou city ban burn Office related heads introduced said, Zhengzhou main city within of crop rarely, only municipal of the suburban has crop, this year wheat harvesting work started yilai, yet received together on crop straw burning of reported or informed, 8th morning Zhengzhou of straw burning taste, may is from Mall downwind scraping came of, in previous years has appeared had similar phenomenon, is expected to again had 5 days, Zhengzhou around of wheat harvesting peak on will ended, this a phenomenon will get mitigation.

"Reminding" severe air pollution should reduce outdoor activities

Staff of the environmental protection Bureau of Zhengzhou city reminded members of the public, in an environment where air is severely polluted, and symptoms in patients with heart and lung disease will increase dramatically, it is recommended that children, the elderly and patients with heart disease to stay indoors, to stop outdoor activities, and the general population should reduce outdoor activities.

11:49 June 09, 2014 River report