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Google Pollution Maps of China

A blogger out of Fujian has compiled an open-source google map that places major pollution sites around china. While similar sources have existed in the past, this is the first one that allows other users to contribute sites with pollution problems. The... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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