(ATR) The International Olympic Committee's chief medical expert admits that Beijing's air pollution problem could pose some risk to endurance athletes competing in this summer's Games. Arne ...

Air pollution is an unfortunate consequence of China's recent rapid development. The 2008 Olympics are focusing on global attention on Beijing's air quality. Despite government efforts to control the ...

Last month Beijing's air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization. Prior to that, the government often played down the pollution in Beijing, insisting it ...

BEIJING -- Beijing recorded 290 days of good air quality last year, the highest since monitoring began, the municipal ecology and environment bureau said Thursday. The number of days with good air ...

With the exception of Beijing 2008, the Rio Games are shaping up to be held in some of the worst air quality conditions ... Your best source of news about the Olympics is AroundTheRings.com ...

particularly before the 2018 Beijing Olympics. "It is unfortunate that India faces bad air quality issue every time during winters. Learning from China, which used to have similar problem ...

Douglas McIntyre and David Callaway contrasted China’s success in reducing air pollution with India’s ongoing struggle. They noted how the 2008 Beijing Olympics spurred significant ...

Air pollution has caused an estimated 49,000 deaths and US$23 billion in economic losses in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai alone since January 1, 2020, according to a “clean air counter ...