China May Build Biggest Smog Lab to Control Pollution, News Says
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed spending 500 million yuan ($81 million) to build the world’s biggest smog-research facility in Beijing to address air pollution, the Beijing News said.
The center will allow researchers to simulate smoggy conditions and study what causes pollution to stay over the city, the Beijing News reported yesterday, citing He Hong, the researcher in charge of the project. The National Development and Reform Commission hasn’t yet approved the project, He said.