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Tag Archives: Bangladesh
21 of the world’s 30 cities with the worst air pollution are in India
India has once again topped an annual list of cities with the worst air quality in the world, according to a new report, while Chinese cities have continued to show improvements from the previous year. Twenty-one of the world’s 30 … Continue reading
22 of the top 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India
India accounts for seven of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution, according to a new report, but previously smogbound Chinese cities have seen a marked improvement. Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi, is the … Continue reading
Living with air pollution
People wearing smoke masks, children going stir-crazy indoors, families driving hours to find fresh air. Alarming as it is to some, unhealthy air enveloping the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days is all too familiar to millions of people … Continue reading
Dhaka maintains its rank as 2nd most polluted city in the world
The Bangladesh’s capital scored 218 in Air Quality Index Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka remains as the second most polluted city in the world. Dhaka scored 218 in the US Air Quality Index (AQI) around 9am on Thursday. The air was classified … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, India
Tagged Air Pollution, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Kathmandu
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Pollution linked to one in six deaths
Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and … Continue reading
Here are some of the world’s worst cities for air quality
Trying to get away from airborne ammonia? Don’t linger in Lagos or Delhi. If you’re bent on avoiding ozone, you might want to add Beijing, Karachi, and Los Angeles to your list. These are some of the cities with the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, China, India, Latin America, Mexico, USA & Canada, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, Bangladesh, Beijing, Delhi, Dhaka, Karachi, Kolkata, Lagos, Los Angeles, Mexico, Mexico City, Ozone O3, Pakistan
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Rajshahi: the city that took on air pollution – and won
O Once, Rajshahi’s sweltering summers were made worse by a familiar problem on the Asian subcontinent: windows would have to be shut, not because of the wind or monsoon, but because of the smog. Dust blown up from dry riverbeds, … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, India
Tagged Air Pollution, Bangladesh, India, PM10, PM2.5, Rajshahi, Tezpur, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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