{"id":9786,"date":"2015-07-07T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9786"},"modified":"2015-07-07T07:45:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:45:48","slug":"metro-vancouver-air-quality-comparable-to-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9786","title":{"rendered":"Metro Vancouver air quality comparable to Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Metro Vancouver air quality comparable to Beijing<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Health authorities advise caution due to smoke from hundreds of wildfires across B.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Smoke from wildfires in the Interior of British Columbia blankets the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver. Health officials in the province have issued air quality warnings as a result of the fires. (Jonathan Hayward\/Canadian Press)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Health authorities say Metro Vancouver’s air quality has dipped to levels close to those found in major Chinese polluted cities such as Beijing, and are warning residents to stay indoors, due in part to the rampant wildfires in B.C.<\/p>\n

“I would say that the air quality that we’ve experienced recently [in B.C.]\u00a0and are experiencing now is unfortunately something that residents in a lot of cities in China experience on quite a regular basis, which I think is quite concerning because these are certainly levels that pose a risk for human health and well-being,” said\u00a0Fraser\u00a0Health medical health officer\u00a0Dr. Lisa Mu.<\/p>\n