WHO raises the bar on reduction of air pollution in cities
-
22/11/2006
-
Hindu (Chennai)
With the World Health Organisation raising the bar in setting revised air pollution reduction targets, the new cut-off limits for particulate matter, ozone and sulphur dioxide could make for a stiffer challenge in cities like Chennai. WHO recently unveiled its new Air Quality Guidelines with dramatically lower standards for levels of pollutants in the hope that stricter air pollution standards could reduce deaths in polluted cities by 15 per cent.