Air quality in Europe: 2020 report
Better air quality has led to a significant reduction of premature deaths over the past decade in Europe. However, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest official data show that almost all Europeans
Carbon Monoxide
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Pollution threatening Pokhara
With increasing urbanisation and pressure of vehicles, the tourist destination of Pokhara and its thriving tourism industry are likely to hit hard by air pollution. This was the upshot of tests carried
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Cities go live with air quality updates
Eighty-seven Chinese cities will begin releasing hourly updates on air quality from New Year's Day, taking the total number doing so to 161, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced. Data will
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Rampant growth of brickfields in Rangpur endangers agri lands
Growth of brickfields on agricultural lands and in residential areas is rampant in Rangpur district, causing serious harm to arable lands as well as environment. According to sources more than 140 bricks
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Brick kilns posing serious threat
A good number of brick kilns have come up in different parts of Assam. With some of these brick kilns located close to the city and the towns, many concerns have been raised over the pollution emanating
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Rationalize controls on poisonous vehicle emissions threat- Alawatta
Automobile Engineer Lal Alawatta has urged the government to rationalize controls on poisonous vehicle emissions threat. Alawatta emphasizes that emissions breathed in by over 5 million children comprising
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Post Diwali, respiratory ailments up 20%
It isn’t just eye injuries, after Diwali hospitals and clinics in the city are also seeing a rise in the number of respiratory infections and allergy cases. City-based pulmonologists said that over the
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A quieter, but more polluted Diwali in Gurgaon
The Millennium City had a quieter Diwali this year though the levels of air pollutants like sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) registered
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No faraway sources, pollutants at home behind smog: Study
Delhi government's usual excuse of far away sources causing pollution in Delhi may not work this time. Centre for Science and Environment's assessment of the dense smog on Monday and Tuesday suggests that
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Hadapsar most polluted on Laxmi Puja night
The levels of air pollutants more than doubled in some parts of the city, shooting way past the permissible limit this Diwali. While levels of gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide
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Diwali air quality worse than last year’s
Experts Blame It On Type Of Crackers, Say Situation Critical New Delhi: Many Delhiites felt that decibels levels on Diwali night were a shade lower than previous years, but the dense haze of near-choking pollution told a different story. Now the verdict is out. The PM 10 (coarse particles) levels this year were found to be higher compared to last year at all monitoring locations in the city, the Central Pollution Control Board said.