It’s been said the winter months are the worst ones for air pollution in China. With more fossil fuels being burned for great and people hopping into vehicles for getting around instead of walking or using e-bikes, it does make sense.
Today is not a good air quality day in Suzhou. In fact, I believe it’s the worst day since arriving in June. Sure, there’s been a few “lightly polluted” days in the past but today just feels worse than those as a headache set in from the time I woke up this morning, one very similar to an allergy induced headache/the kind that don’t really go away as the day progresses.
The pollution levels can be tracked on a website, but you have to know where each city is a they do not show them graphically on a map.
It’s definitely time to buy some plants for my apartment and start looking at air purifiers for the home!
On the positive side, the air is still clean enough where the moon was quite visible last night. When that orb can no longer be seen by crap in the air … Uggh, no thanks! I hope that never happens.