Pan Shiyi: nowhere to breathe

2013 New Year's Day has just passed, the air index of most parts of the country to give people a played rough: meteorological department consecutive days released fog blue warning much visibility below 1000 m fog, visibility in some areas less than200 m. Among them, the most interesting or heavily polluted area. Air quality monitoring data show that on the morning of the 13th Beijing almost all regions are in the most serious of six serious pollution PM 2.5 index as high as 456. The day before, the highest part of the site when PM2.5 in Beijing and even more than 900 micrograms per cubic meter. "Nowhere breathing" has become the common feelings of people.

I remember the evening of 22 October 2011, 11:00, I forwarded microblogging PM2.5 data of the U.S. Embassy to 439 micrograms / cubic meter rating of "toxic", I was on the exclamation : "OMG! poisoned!" the PM2.5 monitoring official in China at that time, which led me to adhere to the hair microblogging index.

Running to the National Day gift was interrupted
Today, the air pollution situation in the end how? Pick a few of my hair microblogging daily air quality indicators: January 13, Beijing's air pollution index was 500, pollution index the burst table, proposed to take protective measures, the U.S. Consulate is 614; Shanghai index, respectively, to 133 and 155, with light pollution.

January 12 pollution index is 500, 704 of the U.S. Consulate, have burst table, you need to take protective measures; and Shanghai respectively 255 and 255. January 11, Beijing pollution index was 428, the case of severe pollution the U.S. Consulate index is 453, poison; the Shanghai air index for the 61 and 107, by contrast, is much better than in Beijing.

This is the data of the last few days, it can be seen, air pollution has become a "disaster area" in Beijing, Shanghai circumstances better than Beijing, but is not optimistic.

Look at last year, a group of data:
September 1, 2012, Beijing's pollution index is 222, moderate pollution, U.S. Consulate, 254, is very unhealthy; 42 and 42, the Shanghai index, excellent air quality. Pm2.5 is 172, far more than the GB 75.

August 31, 2012 in Beijing pollution index is 261, the case of moderately heavy pollution, the U.S. consulate is 264, is extremely unhealthy; Shanghai's index of 12 and 3, air quality and. Beijing's PM2.5 reached 211, nearly three times the national standard.

See the morning of August 30, 2012, Beijing's pollution index is 294, is a moderate heavy pollution, the U.S. embassy is 336, the case of poisoning, compared to 41 and 42 in Shanghai, the air quality excellent. Beijing's PM2.5 is 244, more than three times the national standard, and the data of the U.S. embassy is a whopping 286. By my count, the standard weather in Beijing in August that is one-third.

It seems so, I can not run. Originally, the last year I have a goal, running 1000 km to the National Day gift, concerned about the air pollution index, I find that it needs to pay the cost of living in the poison gas.

A very long time, I think the most memorable day is July 21, 2012, the PM2.5 data is given by the Ministry of Environmental Protection 16:00 3 17:00 U.S. embassy data is 46, but such a good I have never seen weather quality.

Concerned about PM2.5 from the family's health response
Some people ask, why say the air is more important than house prices? Your PM2.5 monitoring is not for political purposes? In fact, in 2011 aware of and concerned about the PM2.5 or from my family's health response.

October of the previous year, the Beijing haze weather a particularly large number of fog and pollution are intertwined, many people feel uncomfortable. Just at this time, I see the daily Beijing air pollution index released by the U.S. Embassy, ​​not the same as this figure with the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced. I have been thinking, why not like it? With this problem, I went to see the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, and learned not the same - the standards adopted by the standards adopted by the U.S. Embassy PM2.5, the standards adopted by the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau of PM10.

Through this period of time to learn from experts, officials, I learned that particulate matter pollution in the smaller, the greater the harm to the human body, and if it is relatively large particles, filter out through his nose, can not enter people's body, the smaller particles and then enters the person's lungs, and the smaller particles, and even through the lungs into a person's blood, cause great harm to the human body. This is the concept of PM2.5. Between PM10 and PM2.5, should go to control PM2.5 particles.

Of course, I also report with the Secretary of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau. I said, without actual use, my wife's voice can be measured out the Beijing environmental pollution no pollution in the end: if the environment is not polluted, my wife every morning it will not be coughing; air is contaminated, she is small cough ; severe air pollution in Beijing, is big cough woke up each morning. I think, a reflection of the human body than any apparatus, equipment must be sensitive.

It was explained that the development needs of the process of the U.S. PM2.5 standard from 65 to 35, after a long time, we now publish PM10 realistic. Kai-fu Lee had responded to my microblogging measured PM1000, so that it can be said that Beijing has clean air, "I said," We are often dressed in bright clothing, drinking contaminated water. Senior cosmetic face paint lungs to breathe dirty air. "
Release monitoring is no big deal.

The end of February 2012, the State Council called for monitoring PM2.5, but after a few days during the two sessions and a closely guarded secret. I remember the day I happily go and report back to participate in the meetings of the National People's Congress in Beijing. Encounter a large number of media reporters at the door, they say, the above reports of real estate will not let the things you talk about things of PM2.5, air pollution. Reporter referrals to their leadership to call. The leading newspaper, wrote a long article. Interview one morning, and then receive a text message: "All About PM2.5 manuscripts whole shoot!"

Environmental monitoring in accordance with the current regulations, the folk on the open platform release PM2.5 data is required administrative license, I do not know now microblogging daily disclose these results will not violations?

PM2.5 monitoring process, no less and the interpretation of the officials or scientists conflict. Take the air pollution index for major cities in North China, see the August 5, 2012, Beijing 115, and other major cities, Jinan is 112 outside at 60 below, the air quality is good, visible Beijing, Jinan air quality around little effect. Look at the August 4 major cities around Beijing's Air Quality Index at between 20-40, the only way Beijing is 84 exceeded. Kind because of the pollution of the surrounding floating Beijing say is a lie, think about pollution only from high pollution drifting into low-pollution areas? From these data, either in Beijing or Shanghai data view, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Embassy monitoring data very big difference data Embassy of PM2.5 are generally much higher than the Ministry of Environmental Protection, I wonder, the same city, why is there such a big difference? Could it be that China has taken any special technology, the contaminants are concentrated to the U.S. Embassy over it? Some people say that our monitoring method is different than the U.S. embassy low 15% -17%, then why not to take more stringent measures, or allow private public monitoring it?

Car made me guilt
Previously, a pipe environmental leadership said Pan Shiyi, is the largest manufacturer of PM2.5, our regulatory authorities, you told us to make life difficult. I was terrified, to arrange all site remediation. Then every morning released the "National Air Pollution Index (API). The site dust is the third largest source of PM2.5 in Beijing have started in an area of ​​180 million square meters, more than the whole of Europe. I now installed in the office air purification equipment, and technical problems still exist. Before us for new projects to do the bidding of an air purifier dust removal device, many manufacturers are first heard. We come into contact with five manufacturers, the results from their point of view, most of the SARS after they attach importance to the air filter, like Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the Great Hall of the People, as well as International Trade one, two, three are filtered through of SARS later essentially electrostatic dust, electrostatic dust filtering effect of PM10 is relatively effective, if the filter PM2.5, but also add some other equipment.

Solving the pollution problem is not a person, a division of things, not the things of the EPA, and all the people together, everyone to deal with to be able to solve the most important thing is to change their lifestyle , so a more athletic, more healthy, more green lifestyle instead of our lifestyle. Personally think that cycling is a good way of life. If I go to work is cycling to day relaxed, body exercise, the heart, there is no sense of guilt, throughout the day to arrange the very calmly. If it is the day I got up to look at the schedule, feel that day schedule is very full, very far to go to places, to open the car, this day I was in a kind of tension, anxiety, guilt, feeling spent 's. Focus of PM2.5, today, at this level, with the support of all users, with a sense of justice for all the people inside, all thoughts of going for the sake of others, for the sake of our living environment, which have a great relationship, just one person, two people, very few people, you no longer have the power to reach this effect.