While it remains to be seen whether air pollution can be controlled, the status quo is far from encouraging.

空气污染能否得到控制仍有待观察，而现状则远不足够让人为之振奋。

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When something has to come from far away, obviously there is transportation, be this plane, train, truck, or ship, transportation involves pollution.

商品从远方运过来，自然需要用飞机、火车、卡车、轮船等来运输，而这些运输就涉及到污染。

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Although the research station is far from major sources of human pollution, atmospheric circulation brings air from Europe and North America into the Arctic region.

虽然这个研究站远离人类主要的污染源，但是大气环流会把欧洲和北美的空气带到北极地区。

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It's far from certain that pollution in these deeper wells caused the pollution in drinking wells.

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Where Thai and Indonesian firms might have once considered listing in Hong Kong, they are now attracted by the growing base of fund managers in Singapore (drawn there by the easy living and efficiency of the city, a far cry from Hong Kong's pollution and crowding).

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The debate about the exact size of the patch is irrelevant (it is at the mercy of ocean currents and is constantly changing) and it risks diverting attention away from the far more serious implications of the pollution.

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