China sends government teams to investigate pollution

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China sends government teams to investigate pollution

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-sends-government-teams-investigate-pollution-085224345--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CLN8aPWKjmRcLj_FHUFz0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-23T085224Z_1_CBREA1M0ONG00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-POLLUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman covers her nose and mouth with her scarf amid the heavy haze in Beijing" align="left" title="A woman covers her nose and mouth with her scarf amid the heavy haze in Beijing" border="0" /></a>China has sent teams of investigators to parts of the country worst hit by air pollution as part of efforts to stop the heavy smog engulfing about 15 percent of the country, including Beijing. Twelve teams of inspectors will head to the cities of Beijing, the nearby city of Tianjin and Hebei province to see how authorities are responding to the worst air pollution in months, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Sunday. But enforcement has been patchy at the local level, where authorities often rely on taxes paid by polluting industries. In Beijing, which has been shrouded in smoky, white smog for a week, authorities raised the air pollution alert system to &quot;orange&quot; for the first time on Friday after drawing public fire for its initial ineffective response.</p><br clear="all"/>

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