Air pollution in China is so bad that the white high-speed trains running to Beijing have turned a dull brown-black.
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| A series of photos of high-speed trains covered in gray-black streaks have gone viral on Chinese social media as thick smog has blanketed the capital Beijing and 71 other cities over the past five days, NDTV reported today. |
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| The national observatory was forced to continue issuing red alerts for air pollution in some parts of northern, eastern and central China, including Beijing. |
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| The air pollution caused black streaks to be visible on the white top of the high-speed train. The smog will persist in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces until tomorrow, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). |
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| Cleaners work hard to clean up stains on a high-speed train. This morning, thick smog reduced visibility to 50-200 meters in many places. Data from the Beijing Environmental Monitoring Center showed that the PM 2.5 air pollution index, which measures the amount of pollutants associated with toxic smog, was at 2.5. The concentration of pollutants reached 391 micrograms per cubic meter at noon, indicating heavy air pollution. |
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| The ship was returned to its original white color after a thorough cleaning. |
According to VNE
