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Japanese electronics company Panasonic will its Japanese staff in China "pollution pay". The company to its workers more money because of China's poor air quality. No one how many people will the extra cash. Neither did the company how much the additional pay would . Panasonic did not any plans to give the payment to its Chinese staff. Workers who have to work in other countries usually get extra pay for home, eating in restaurants or buying furniture. Panasonic is probably the first company in the world to give compensation to its workers because of pollution. Other companies in China may now Panasonic's example.

Air pollution a serious problem in China. The World Health Organization pollution levels there 15 times higher than healthy levels. China's Premier, Li Keqiang, recently said his country would a "war on pollution". The Japan Times newspaper that: "Over the weekend, a top Chinese environment official said air quality was below national standards in almost every major city last year." There several reasons why pollution in China has so bad in recent years. The country's economic success there are thousands more factories. China also coal as its main source of energy. In addition, there hundreds of thousands more cars than before on China's roads.

 


 
 

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