Dust raises pollution level in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: The Tuesday dust storm raised the pollution level in the city. The city's PM10 reading of 517 on Tuesday was the highest in the country among the Safar-monitored cities. In Delhi and Mumbai,
PM 2.5
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South Asia must rise above political differences to fight toxic air and climate change
War and post-war animosities do not prevent African countries from engaging in collaborative action on global platforms What Africa did yesterday, can South Asia do tomorrow? Will South Asian countries
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Pollution control board doesn’t think Bengaluru breathes unhealthy air
Recently, the BBMP Additional Commissioner for public health, D Randeep, launched a network of 40 air quality monitoring devices that have been installed across the city. This has been seen as a positive
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Air pollution: Bhiwadi at 5, Jodhpur at 12 in world cities
JAIPUR: Industrial hub in Alwar district, Bhiwadi was at the fifth place in the list of cities across world with the worst air pollution in 2018, according to a new study by Swiss-based company AirVisual
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Damage estimates of particulate matter air pollution reported in study
A team of researchers including University of New Mexico economics professor Andrew Goodkind is addressing the deadly problem of particulate matter air pollution in the U.S. and how to best mitigate it.
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'Our children are gasping'- Senegal's toxic air battle
Two-year-old Thayi loves the aerosol therapy room at Senegal's Albert Royer Children's Hospital, where she gets to fall asleep on her mother's lap, breathing deeply - something that is usually hard to
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Kolkata air too toxic for kids
KOLKATA: There has been an alarming rise in asthma and chronic bronchial complications in newborns in Kolkata with no history of these issues in their parents. These can only be attributed to the city’s
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Most northern China cities fail to meet winter smog targets: data
A majority of 39 northern Chinese cities have failed to meet anti-pollution targets over the six-months to end-March, a Reuters study of official data showed, adding to fears the war on smog has lost momentum.
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PM 2.5 levels have crossed permissible limit in Pune in last five years: SAFAR
Particulate matter such as PM 2.5, which are less then 2.5 microns in size, are considered especially dangerous as these can penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream. In the last five
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Pollution in Vasco ‘many times better’ than other towns: IIT-B
PANJIM: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, which is undertaking the Source Apportionment Study of Vasco, with regard to the pollution caused due to handling of coal at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT),