WTF!!! - In smog-choked China, a scramble for breathable air - Scientists have likened its effects to a nuclear winter.

BEIJING — Cities are taking drastic measures in the latest salvo in China's "war on pollution," from deploying giant cannons spraying water 2,000 feet into the air to dispel smog, to the confiscation of outdoor grills.

Neither initiative seems likely to bring relief to China's long-suffering citizens, who are choking on air pollution so intense that scientists have likened its effects to a nuclear winter.

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