Building Ban for Olympics

All building sites in Beijing will be shut three weeks before the start of the Olympic Games, as the city tries to clear its skies of pollution.

Digging, pouring of concrete and outdoor spray-painting will also be banned under plans announced by the Environmental Protection Bureau.

The move follows mounting concern that athletes may suffer from Beijing's noxious atmosphere.
Olympic chiefs have already voiced concern over the issue.

President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge had previously warned that he would postpone certain endurance events if pollution levels were excessive.

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Pollution in China has become a very serious problem, and now experts believe it will have an effect on the olympic athletes if the pollution continues to increase. Beijing promised to have a clean enviornment for the olympics but now the pollution has become so bad that it is hard to see from block to block. So China is stopping all building sites three weeks before the Olympics in order to try to fix the problem.