China to tighten air pollution standards

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Ministers bow to pressure in agreeing to monitor tiny yet dangerous PM2.5 particles and combat pollution, local media reports

It cannot come too soon for the choking residents of China's cities, but the country's government may finally be turning its attention to its primary and deadliest source of smog. Tiny particulate matter...

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