The Jefferson County Department of Health issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert for PM2.5 levels for Tuesday, March 11, warning ...
A thick layer of smog blankets the national capital as the AQI levels shot up to 507, as per the IQAir website data. PM2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR were recorded over 65 times more than the WHO-prescri ...
The U.S. EPA’s Air Quality Index (AQI) tracks five major air pollutants, including PM2.5, converting concentration measurements for each onto a common scale that communicates the level of hazard.
Air pollution remains a significant health burden in India, reducing life expectancy by an estimated 5.2 years ...
Areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region also recorded moderate AQI, with most of them having PM10 as the prominent pollutant, as per data from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Out of the 24 ...
Thirteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India, with Byrnihat on the Assam-Meghalaya border topping the ...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an ...