China Exports Pollution to U.S., Study Finds - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Filthy emissions from China’s export industries are carried across the Pacific Ocean and contribute to air p
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Filthy emissions from China’s export industries are carried across the Pacific Ocean and contribute to air pollution in the Western United States,
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air pollution in the United States is affected by China’s production of goods for export and by global consumer demand for those goods
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The movement of air pollutants associated with the production of goods in China for the American market has resulted in a decline in air quality in the Western United States
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“Dust, ozone and carbon can accumulate in valleys and basins in California and other Western states,” the statement said.
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“outsourcing production to China does not always relieve consumers in the United States — or for that matter many countries in the Northern Hemisphere — from the environmental impacts of air pollution.”
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in 2006, sulfate concentrations in the Western United States increased as much as 2 percent, and ozone and carbon monoxide levels also increased slightly because of the transportation of pollutants from emissions that resulted from the manufacture of goods for export to the United States.
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The amount of air pollution in the Western United States resulting from emissions from China is still very small compared with the amount produced by sources in the United States that include traffic and domestic industries.
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They estimated that in 2006, China’s exporting of goods to the United States was responsible for 7.4 percent of production-based Chinese emissions for sulfur dioxide, 5.7 percent for nitrogen oxides, 3.6 percent for black carbon and 4.6 percent for carbon monoxide.
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. Coal-burning factories were the biggest sources of pollutants and greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.
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“This is a reminder to us that a significant percentage of China’s emissions of traditional pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions are connected to the products we buy and use every day in the U.S. We should be concerned, not only because this pollution is harming the citizens of China, but because it’s damaging the air quality in parts of the U.S.”
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So the overall percentages of economic output might not by themselves be fair indicators of the importance of exports to the Chinese economy.