Chapter 692: The Smog Problem
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Zhao Jinshan obviously had never heard the word smog, so he asked, Smog? Which haze?
Haze, it's just the beginning of the word rain, below... Li Weidong also picked up the pen and forgot to write, and couldn't think of how to write haze for a while.
How can a normal person remember how to write the word haze!
So Li Weidong simply changed his voice and said, Smog is a combination of fog and haze. You are no stranger to fog, which is the small water droplets suspended in the air. As for smog, it refers to the particles suspended in the air. Including compounds such as dust, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, organic hydrocarbons, etc.
These suspended particles can originally fall to the ground, but after combining with fog, they will always float in the atmosphere, affecting air quality and human health.
Is this thing harmful to health? Zhao Jinshan asked subconsciously.
The main components of haze are the harmful substances emitted into the atmosphere from human industrial production, as well as the exhaust gas emitted by automobiles. Inhalation into the body will naturally affect health.
Li Weidong paused, then said: Let's not say anything else, inhaling harmful gases will definitely cause damage to the respiratory system, causing diseases such as pharyngitis, emphysema, asthma, rhinitis, bronchitis, etc. It will affect the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system, blood system and reproductive system.
No wonder I've suffered from pharyngitis recently! It turns out that the smog you mentioned is the cause. Zhao Jinshan nodded with a sigh of relief, and then said: It seems that I have to go to Sanya for a while, there The air is much better than in the north.
Li Weidong went on to say: Puppy Electric is developing a new type of household air purifier, which is specially designed for smog weather. When the product comes out, I will give you dozens of them.
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In 2006,
Few people in China knew the word smog, and people at that time also called it rare dense fog. This time, smog was only mentioned in the expert report.
The haze has already affected the daily life of ordinary people, such as reduced visibility, closed highways, flight delays, traffic affairs and so on. The media also began to gradually pay attention to the smog.
But at that time, people's concern was the traffic impact caused by smog. People didn't realize that smog would cause harm to health.
After the fall of 2006, severe smog appeared in Shanshan and Shaanxi. After winter, smog entered Hebei. In early 2007, there were continuous smog days in Beijing.
In 2007, Japanese environmentalists began to protest that China's smog drifted to Japan. It was also in this year that foreign media began to hype China's smog. With the reports of foreign media, Chinese talents began to face up to the smog at this time, and domestic experts also began to study the impact of the smog.
Also in 2007, the US embassy began to detect pm2.5 data in Beijing.
In the months leading up to the 2008 Olympics, many enterprises in the north with serious pollution stopped work to ensure air conditions during the Olympics. The Beijing Olympics were also under clear skies. However, many American athletes wore masks to participate in the Olympics, and foreign media also took advantage of the situation. The hype created a wave of air pollution in China.
In the same year, the U.S. embassy began to publish the pm2.5 data of the capital, making it clear that it was going to do something.
In 2009, the Chinese began to pay attention to the data of the US embassy. Words such as pm2.5, pm10, fine particles, and aerosols were gradually recognized by the common people.
At this stage, the domestic view on smog is still controversial. Some people think that it is urgent to control air pollution. But there are still many people who believe that the smog is just a thicker fog that will disperse as soon as the wind blows, and it will not cause much impact. Environmental experts are just looking for trouble.
In 2010, the Xinhua News Agency published an article reminding the public that smog may pose a health threat, and opinions on smog are no longer controversial. People clearly know that smog is harmful to health. At the same time, experts began to suggest that people should minimize going out in haze weather and wear masks when going out.
In 2011, pm2.5 was officially incorporated into China's air quality indicators; in 2012, pm2.5 monitoring stations were set up in major cities across the country.
In 2013, smog became the key word of the year. This was also the year with the worst smog in China. Nearly half of the country was shrouded in smog, and only four days a year in Beijing were not smog.
In 2014, smog was included in the ranks of natural disasters and notified. The country has also started an iron-fisted governance against smog.
From 2005 to 2014, in ten years, smog appeared to seriously affect the lives of ordinary people. During this period, many people were indeed sick because of smog, such as pharyngitis, bronchitis, asthma, and even lung cancer. increase in magnitude.
But in the past ten years, air purifiers have been selling more and more every year!
In many northern cities with severe pollution, air purifiers have even become standard in urban households.
As early as 2004, Li Weidong asked Puppy Electric to start developing air purifiers. The last time I met an environmental protection organization, it reminded Li Weidong.
Therefore, Li Weidong decided to increase investment in the research and development of air purifiers, and strive to develop air purifiers of the world's advanced level as soon as possible.
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Green Warriors headquarters. Zhao Liang was called to the office by Director Wang again.
Mr. Zhao, I have a task for you to do next. Recently, there has been a large area of dense fog in northern China, which must be caused by air pollution. However, the people in the mainland have not realized this. At one point, they thought it was just normal fog.
Therefore, we are going to conduct on-the-spot investigations, and then make several reports to tell you that these are not ordinary fog, but haze caused by pollution. This smog contains a lot of harmful gases, which will cause harm to human health! Director Wang said.
Zhao nodded brightly: Okay, I will immediately send someone to investigate and interview, and I will also collect relevant information on the health hazards of smog.
Director Wang handed another form to Zhao Liang, and then said, This is the budget for this investigation. Compared with the previous investigation, the budget for this time is relatively abundant.
Zhao Liang looked at the budget figures, and it was indeed a lot more than usual, so he asked, Which foundation is so generous and provided so much money this time?
It's an environmental protection organization in Europe. Director Wang said.
European environmental protection organizations are so kind and start to care about China's air pollution? They must take this opportunity to make a big fuss! Zhao Liang said.
Director Wang replied: It's definitely a big fuss, but as far as I know, the European environmental protection organization is just a middleman, and the real investment is a few large European companies, who seem to be very interested in the issue of air pollution.
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The Central Meteorological Observatory reported that according to the monitoring of fy-1d meteorological satellites, foggy weather occurred in Longdong area of Gansu, central and northern Shaanxi, most of Shanxi, central and eastern Hebei, Tianjin and other places, especially in the valleys and valleys of Shaanxi and Shanxi. The foggy weather in the plain area of eastern Hebei is severe, and the visibility is less than one thousand meters.
In addition, there is a small amount of low cloud coverage over Longdong, Shanbei, Jidong and other places. It is estimated that the affected area of the foggy area is about 218,000 square kilometers. The foggy weather adversely affects air, rail and road transportation in the above-mentioned areas.
Looking at the news being broadcast on the TV, Li Weidong thought for a moment, then picked up his mobile phone and dialed Wang Jiuyang's number.
Jiuyang, how is the development of the air purifier? Li Weidong asked.
Chairman, don't worry, the research and development is going well, I've been watching it! Wang Jiuyang said.
We still have to speed up the progress. Before New Year's Day, we need to finalize the shape. We will produce a batch immediately after New Year's Day, and put it into the market before the Spring Festival. Li Weidong then ordered.
According to the current entry, it will definitely be no problem to officially start production after New Year's Day. Wang Jiuyang replied.
After finishing the call with Wang Jiuyang, Li Weidong called Zhong Yemao's number again.
After the two exchanged a few words, Li Weidong asked, Old Zhong, are there any experts in environmental protection you are familiar with?
Yes! Zhong Yemao then asked: Chairman, is there any project that requires an environmental protection expert platform?
It's not a platform, but I hope that environmental protection experts can stand up and tell the common people about the harm caused by air pollution, especially the harm caused to the human body. Li Weidong said.
Speaking of this air pollution, I remember one thing. Zhong Yemao continued: Recently, some overseas media are also paying attention to the air pollution situation in our country.
Li Weidong frowned: Foreign media? We're going to take the opportunity to do things again!
I don't think so. In addition to reporting on air pollution, foreign media also introduced that air pollution can cause harm to the body. It looks like a popular science article. Zhong Yemao replied.
The dangers of popular science air pollution? This doesn't seem like something they would do! Li Weidong then asked, Is there any exaggeration?
I looked for a few articles and looked at it. The description of air pollution is indeed exaggerated. For example, the British Daily Mail said that because of air pollution, ordinary people can only crowd in Tiananmen Square to watch the sun It came out with a photo. But as we all know, those people were there to see the flag raising ceremony.
Zhong Yemao continued: But the reports about air pollution harming health should be true. They have cited many published scientific research results.
European and American countries have been studying air pollution for decades, and they have accumulated a lot of mature results. Li Weidong paused, then continued: I hope that the domestic media can also pay attention to air pollution, so that my new The air purifier developed can have good sales.
Chairman Li, you asked me to find experts in environmental protection to sell air purifiers, right? Zhong Yemao said.
Li Weidong smiled cheekily: The main thing is to hope that the country will pay attention to air pollution and deal with it sooner. Selling air purifiers is just incidental!
Okay, I get it. I'll go to a few experts and write some articles about the health hazards of air pollution, and then create momentum in the media to scare the common people first! Zhong Yemao replied.
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A dinner party is being held at a luxury hotel in Brussels, Belgium, attended by executives of many European companies.
Ke Cilei held the wine glass and shuttled through the crowd, greeting the people next to him from time to time, and exchanged a few words by the way.
Ke Cilai used to be the head of Philips Asia, but now he has been transferred back to the European headquarters, which is considered a high promotion.
Not far away, a handsome middle-aged man raised a glass to Ke Cilei slightly. Seeing this, Ke Cilei walked over immediately.
This handsome man is Hermann, the head of Siemens' home appliance department, and Ke Cilei is an old acquaintance.
I saw two people holding wine glasses, walked to a corner, and then began to talk in a low voice.
Mr. Ke Cile, have you read the newspaper recently? You should have noticed the news about air pollution in China? Herman asked with a smile.
It seems that our money is not wasted in vain! Ke Cilei paused, then continued: So far, our plan has been going well. Next, we will heat up the topic of air pollution and make the Chinese people aware of it. After all, air pollution can cause serious health damage to the body!”
Yeah, nothing is more important than physical health! As long as Chinese people are afraid of smog and worry about their health being threatened, they will buy our air purifiers!
Herman continued: China has a population of more than one billion and is a huge market. Even if only 1% of households buy air purifiers, it is a sales volume of tens of millions of dollars, which can bring in tens of billions of dollars. production value!
We have passed the period of severe air pollution in Europe, and air purifiers can only be sold to Asia. Ke Cilai continued:
I've been in Asia for many years and I know what's going on there. The developing economies in Asia are generally unaware of the problem of air pollution, and they have very limited measures to deal with it.
And our European countries have been studying air pollution for decades, and our home air purifiers are several times higher in performance than Asian countries. Once put into the Chinese market, it is bound to be a hot sale.
Yeah, according to our experience in pollution control in Germany, it will take at least 40 to 50 years to completely clean up the smog. That is to say, in the next 40 to 50 years, our air purifiers will It can sell well in the Chinese market! Herman smiled and took a sip of the champagne in his hand.
Forty or fifty years, hehe, the premise is that the Chinese people are willing to make up their minds to control air pollution! If it is just a matter of appearance, the problem of smog will not be solved in a hundred years. Ke Cilei said with a sneer.
Wouldn't it be better! If the smog can't be controlled for a hundred years, then our air purifiers will be sold in the Chinese market for a hundred years! Herman also showed a triumphant expression.
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