【新唐人2014年03月28日讯】3月26号，北京又笼罩在灰濛蒙的阴霾里。25号，一份报告显示，中国空气污染导致的过早死亡和健康问题，造成每年三千亿美元的损失。同一天，中国环保部门公布了去年全中国74个主要城市的空气质量报告，其中，京津冀 —— 河北区域污染最严重，污染天数占全年40%。
受阴霾笼罩影响，25、26号，京津冀 —— 河北大部分地区的空气质量指数，徘徊在中度至严重空气污染级别。26号当天，PM2.5的空气悬浮微粒浓度，最高达到每立方米400到500微克，超过世界卫生组织建议的安全标准（每立方米25微克）16倍。
据气象部门预告，这波伴随刺鼻气味的天气，将持续到28号。
有京津冀地区的民众在网上抒发阴霾天造成的不适，网民说：“霾在身边、霾在心里、拿霾怎么样…，鬼样的日子什么时候远离身旁？…”
不久前，北京民间空气污染专家陈景，住进了“北京大学附属第一医院”住院部心类病房。他表示，他和他周围的人得病的原因，就是空气中的雾霾造成的。
陈景：“我现在这个医院是没有空床位了，我开始也是以为空气污染只会影响到肺，但是他可以通过进入到血液循环里，也影响到心血管、脑血管，特别是癌症已经占到恶性肿瘤的第一位，而且多年居高不下。我觉得和空气污染有非常密切的、直接的关系。”
“中国国务院发展研究中心”和“世界银行”，25号在北京联合发布的最新报告说，中国空气污染带来的高死亡率，和其他健康问题，估计每年造成一千亿到三千亿美元的损失。
中国前卫生部长陈竺，去年12月在医学杂志《柳叶刀》上撰文，他援引研究数字指称，空气污染每年在中国导致多达50万人过早死亡。
空气污染造成的情况真有那么严重吗？
北京天则经济研究所国际部主任王军：“当然有了，这个多了，不仅是健康，比如说人家能活80岁的，现在活70岁就完了，平均，就是减少了10岁，有这个研究，这个研究太多了。”
面对如此恶劣的生态环境，大部分中国人都在盘算离开。
美国《时代》周刊3月18号刊登“中国巨富开始逃离以躲避雾霾”。文章说，64%财富值超过160万美元的中国富人，为躲避糟糕的空气污染，不是已移民他国，就是正计划这样做。
王军：“你知道马云吧，马云一年12个月，有11个月在美国加州，享受那边蓝天白云，现在有钱人都跑了，把自己的小孩、把自己的财产（都带走了），他说他要呼吸新鲜空气，他要很舒服活着，这个是悲剧呀﹗”
中国环保部门3月25号发布，去年全中国74个主要城市的空气质量监测报告，其中，有71个城市空气污染超标，仅拉萨、海口和舟山3个城市达标。另外，污染严重的京津冀区域13个城市中，有11个城市排在污染最重的前20位，有7个城市排在前10位。
王军认为，官方公布的这个数字还是很保守的。而这些数据本身说明污染已经很厉害了。
王军：“整个华北，包括长三角、南京、上海，甚至天堂杭州、苏州都有雾霾。去年11月份，《纽约时报》有篇文章（说），中国不仅要出口产品Product，而且还有Pollution（污染）。现在在美国那么远，都有中国的空气污染。”
美国《商业周刊》2月援引中国专家的话说，“中国的污染到了不可忍受的程度。这就像一个烟民到了必须马上戒烟的地步，否则就会患肺癌。”
今年中共“两会”期间，中国媒体在网上就空气污染的问题:“你认为十年后能自由呼吸吗？”进行调查，有90%的应答网民给出了否定答案。
对此，陈景也表示悲观。
而“北京天则经济研究所”国际部主任王军，则引述老百姓的一句话说，时下“有没有雾霾天，记着靠老天”。
采访编辑/易如 后制/李勇
Weather Dictates Haze or No Haze
On March 26, Beijing found itself once again,
submerged in grey haze.
On March 25, a report was released claiming, the poor health
and early death rate increase,
was mainly due to poor air pollution, costing the state
US$ 300 billion in costs.
On the same day, the Official Environmental Department
of Chinese Communist Party (CCP),
published an air quality report on 74 major cities,
based on last year.
Among them, a large region covering the whole of Beijing,
Tianjin and Hebei Province,
has the worst air quality pollution, giving it a ratio of around
40 percent polluted days in the one year.
Impacted by haze invasion, on March 25 and 26,
most areas including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province,
have moderate to serious levels of air pollution.
On March 26, the worst recorded measurements came back as,
400-500 micrograms per cubic meter,
which measures at16 times more the recommended
safe levels of pollution.
The recommended levels brought out by the
World Health Organisation(WHO),
confirm 25 micrograms per cubic meter
are the advised rate.
According to a predication from the meteorology department,
such cases in weather, bring their very own strong odour,
and thought this will last till March 28.
Some netizens from the areas most polluted wrote of their
discontent upon the Internet:
“Haze is beside me, in the heart, how can I dispel it…?"
And, “when will such ghost-like life be far from us?"
Recently, Beijing non-professional air pollution expert
Chen Jing,
spent some time in the cardiac ward of
Peking University First Hospital.
He said, the reason that he and surrounding people have
become impacted by disease,
is mainly due to the very high levels of air pollution.
Chen Jing: “There are no vacant beds within the hospital.
At the beginning, I just took it for granted that
at first I thought the air pollution would just affect my lungs,
but actually now, it appears it can enter the blood stream and
further affect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.
Currently cancers have accounted for the number one cause
of death cases out of all the diseases.
I think it is definitely the case that, this has close and direct
relation to the air pollution we are experiencing."
China’s Development Research Centre for State Council
and World Bank,
jointly published their most recent report on March 25.
It states that due to the high death rate and other
health issues produced by China’s air pollution,
an estimated annual loss of US$100 billion to US$300 billion
has been experienced.
The former Minister of Health Chen Zhu, made a statement
last December in the medical academic journal The Lancet,
stating that air pollution has led to premature deaths of half
a million people, citing figures from a recent survey.
So is air pollution really the cause of such severe
and extreme consequences in China today?
International Department Director Wang Jun of
Beijing Unirule Economic Institute:
“Of course, it is. The damage is even beyond
people’s health.
For example, a person has a normal lifespan of 80 years,
but now due to air pollution, people are only
living to 70 years of age.
This means people are losing out on 10 years of their life.
There are a lot of such similar studies."
Given now such a bad ecological environment exists in China,
many of the people are planning to flee the country.
On March 18, America-based Times Weekly, published
an article “Now China’s Super Rich Are Fleeing to Avoid Smog".
It says, 64 percent of wealthy Chinese, who own
more than US$1.6 million,
have migrated to overseas countries or are planning to do
so, in order to avoid the crippling smog.
Wang Jun: “Do you know Ma Yun? Every year Ma Yun
(Chinese internet entrepreneur),
stays in California (USA) for 11 months a year,
he stays and enjoys the good life there.
So now most of the Chinese rich flee from their homeland,
takinging with them their children and their assets.
They said they needed to breathe fresh air
and live comfortably. This is a tragedy."
On March 25, CCP"s Environment Protection Department,
published an air quality report on 74 major cities of last year.
The air pollution of 71 cities is out of limits to the
recommended standard,
but only three cities Lhasa, Haikou and Zhoushan
met the acceptable standard.
In addition, out of 13 cities in the worst polluted areas of Beijing,
Tianjin and Hebei Province,
11 cities rank in the worst 20 cities, and 7 cities in the worst 10.
Wang Jun thinks, the official data is still conservative.
Of course, such a figure shows pollution
reaching considerable and dangerous levels.
Wang Jun: “In the entire area of Northern China,
Yangtze River Delta, Nanjing, Shanghai, even Hangzhou
and Suzhou, are covered by haze.
In last November, New York Times published an article,
China not only exports products, but also pollution.
Right now, even far off lands such as America,
are also being affected by China’s air pollution."
American Business Weekly says by citing a Chinese expert:
“China’s pollution degrades into an unbearable degree,
which is like a smoker at a critical moment in their lives,
who must quit smoking if they are to survive.
The inevitable outcome would otherwise be lung cancer."
During this year’s CCP “Two Major Conference" sessions,
Chinese media conducted a survey on air pollution issues
on the Internet:
“Do you think you can freely breathe the air?".
90 percent of netizens gave a negative response.
In view of this surveys results,
Chen Jing expresses his pessimistic vision.
Wang Jun cities have a saying from the ordinary person.
“Whether there is a haze or not depends on the weather".
Interview & Edit/Yi Ru Post-Production/Li Yong
