Pollution : Pékin « sinise » ses particules PM 2,5 | L’empire Weibo
▻http://weibo.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/03/02/pollution-pekin-sinise-ses-particules-pm-25
Aussi xikeliwu (细颗粒物, littéralement « matière de particules fines ») le nouveau mot sur lequel se sont entendus « après d’intenses débats » météorologues, linguistes et experts de l’environnement pour designer en chinois les PM 2,5 a-t-il ravivé les soupçons d’une tentative « d’harmonisation » du cauchemar atmosphérique pékinois :
« On dirait un nom de fortifiants en poudre », a remarqué l’avocat Yuan Yulai le jour où fut annoncé le vocable, le 28 février. "Ces experts ont vraiment trop de talent !", ajoute-t-il, sarcastique.
Ce billet du Monde me donne l’occasion d’aller respirer l’air de Pékin.
Tout d’abord, le Ministère de l’environnement de la RPC n’est pas aussi affirmatif. Il parle au futur ▻http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201303/t20130301_248681.htm
PM2.5 Will Get Chinese Name
2013-03-01
China’s scientific authority is soliciting ideas to come up with a new Chinese name for PM 2.5, or particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter that can enter people’s lungs and bloodstream.
The initiative has aroused public interest and caused an Internet buzz.
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People nationwide are contributing creative terms, including ’Beijing grey’, ’toxic dust’, ’air pollution index’ and ’cough trigger’.
Par ailleurs, une tempête de poussière en provenance de Mongolie intérieure vient s’ajouter à la pollution (1/03/13). C’est le début de la saison.
▻http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201303/t20130301_248682.htm
Calm winds, temperature inversion, pollutants transformed from eastern and southern regions and large-scale dust from Inner Mongolia are behind the hazardous air pollution in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and east China’s Bohai Bay, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center said Thursday.
Même texte, au mot près, ici ▻http://www.cityofbeijing.gov.cn/2013-02/28/content_16264361.htm
Mais la légende de l’image dit :
Strong winds and smog hit Beijing on Feb 28, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]
Calm or strong, that is the question ?
Ceci dit, il n’y a pas lieu de s’inquiéter outre mesure, d’après le même site
’Smog readings in Beijing nothing to be concerned about’
▻http://www.cityofbeijing.gov.cn/2013-02/19/content_16235417.htm
Research showing high levels of nitrogen-containing compounds in the capital’s smog should not set off alarm bells, Beijing’s Environmental Protection Bureau said.
suivi d’un bel exercice de #xyloglossie
The remarks were in response to the latest research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which found a large amount of nitrogen-containing organic compounds in the recent smog that shrouded the capital and neighboring cities.
The compounds are key components of the photochemical smog that shrouded Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s, causing hundreds of premature deaths and around 2,000 traffic accidents in a single day in 1954.
Wang Yuesi, who led the research, said it was the first time that a large amount of organic compounds containing nitrogen had been found during winter.
He said scientists are conducting further research on the particulate matter collected and calculating the threat, if any, these pollutants might pose to the public.
Comme c’était la saison du nouvel an, le gouvernement, soucieux de la santé des citoyens a mis en place un indice pour les pétards et les feux d’artifice… ▻http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/BeijingInformation/BeijingNewsUpdate/t1298660.htm
The capital’s meteorological authorities said that they will begin publishing a “Fireworks Index” on Tuesday, providing indications whether the air quality is good enough for fireworks revelry.
An official with the municipal meteorological observatory said that the index will include three categories for firework ignition: “proper,” "not quite proper" and “improper.”
Big Chinese cities including Beijing had once instituted bans on fireworks, as they are blamed for polluting the air and resulting in injuries and even deaths.
However, Beijing authorities lifted their ban in 2005 under public wishes that fireworks could create a more festive atmosphere. But the government restricted setting off fireworks to within certain areas during a 16-day period around the Spring Festival.
