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Category Archives: Japan
An Interactive Air-Pollution Map
In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of every eight total deaths in the world. Air quality has gotten worse over the last decade, and for more … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Latin America, London, Middle East, UK, USA & Canada, World News
Tagged Africa, Air Pollution, Asia, Bangladesh, China, Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Europe, France, India, Iran, Latin America, New Delhi, Pakistan, Paris, PM2.5, Salt Lake City, USA, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Top 20 most polluted cities in the world
Air quality in most cities that monitor their pollution levels exceed what the World Health Organization deems as safe. Delhi has the highest level of the airborne particulate matter, PM2.5 considered most harmful to health, with 153 micrograms. Not far … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, India, Japan, Latin America, London, Middle East, UK, USA & Canada, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Delhi, India, Pakistan, Patna, PM2.5, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Tokyo Air Pollution Climbs, Approaches Government Alert Levels
Central Tokyo air pollution readings neared levels that could require government alerts after thick smog blanketed parts of China for much of this week. The pollution is originating from both mainland China and Japan, Kansuke Sasaki, an air pollution analyst … Continue reading
China, Japan, South Korea to jointly combat air pollution
China, Japan and South Korea on Sunday agreed to jointly combat air pollution, a common challenge to East Asia, to boost sustainable development for greater ecological improvement. At the end of a two-day summit in Xianghe, a county about one … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, China, Japan, South Korea
Tagged Air Pollution, China, Japan, South Korea
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Top worst polluted cities in the world
View the 25 worst polluted cities in the world: Current Air Pollution Index Rate The data is updated weekly (every Monday) Numbeo surveys the following about pollution in the cities: Satisfaction with air quality Quality and accessibility of drinking water … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, India, Japan, Latin America, London, Middle East, UK, USA & Canada, World News
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Cleaner air from tackling climate change ‘would save millions of lives’
Tackling climate change would save millions of lives a year by the end of the century purely as a result of the decrease in air pollution, according to a new study. The study is published as scientists from around the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, India, Japan, Latin America, London, Middle East, UK, USA & Canada, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide CO2, CO2 emissions, diesel exhaust fumes, Health Effects of Air Pollution, NOx, PM2.5, Research
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Parts of Japan smothered in Chinese air pollution
As flights are cancelled and visibility is severely reduced by clouds of sand blown into parts of Japan, authorities warn residents of areas that are most severely affected to wear face masks and avoid going outside. A dirty, yellow-brown smog … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Japan
Tagged Japan, Kanto, Kyushu, Mongolia, PM - Particulate Matter, PM2.5, Smog, Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, vehicle emissions
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No clearing the air over neighbor’s pollution
Pollutants from China and their resultant problems are nothing new to Japan. Acid rain, principally caused by high levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide in industrial pollutants, has been a concern for several decades. While Kyushu and western Japan … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China, Japan, South Korea
Tagged Air Quality, China, Fukuoka City, Japan, Kyushu, Nanjing, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Sulfur Dioxide SO2, Tokyo, Xi'an
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