Breathing clean air comes at a price, at a restaurant in China

India Today , Thursday, December 17, 2015
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Beijing's air pollution levels may have been notorious, but recently, a restaurant in the Chinese city of Zhangjiagang decided it needed an air-filtering system to offer diners an environment with clean air. The action is believed to have been impelled by instances of thick smog in the past few weeks.

The restaurant's measure wasn't all altruistic, though. To recover the costs of the air-purification system, the place levied an additional charge of 1 yuan on top of regular bills.

Authorities in China protested saying that it's illegal to charge for breathing, as that's what the action collectively implies. Although the extra charge has been waived off, the BBC reports that microblogging service Weibo users expressed support for the added fee considering how unhealthy the air in the country has become.

Considering analyses reported by the Economist have revealed that breathing Beijing's air could be as harmful as smoking 40 cigarettes a day, perhaps more restaurants, cafes, and bars around China ought to employ such a strategy.

 
SOURCE : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/breathing-clean-air-comes-at-a-price-at-a-restaurant-in-china-pollution/1/548683.html
 


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