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PM2.5

• Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Exceeding level of PM2.5, 27/03/2017

  Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Exceeding level of PM2.5, 27/03/2017. Out of the 56 cites monitored for PM 2.5 by Central Pollution Control Board, the data for the year 2015 indicates that PM 2.5 levels

  • 27/03/2017

  • Rajya Sabha
  • • PM2.5
    • Air Pollution
    • Urban Air Quality
    • India
    • Parliament

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  Children in the chulha trap: Eliminating toxic exposure in anganwadis of Bihar

  This quick assessment has been carried out by Centre for Science and Environment to ascertain how switching from biomass-based solid fuels to cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking of midday

  • 27/12/2016

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Chulhas (Cookstoves)
    • Child Health
    • Mid-Day Meal Programme
    • Health Effects
    • Bihar
    • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
    • Indoor Air Pollution
    • Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
    • PM2.5
    • RSPM (PM 10)
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  Smog returns, pollution in city threatens health

  LUCKNOW: Pollution level soared again in Lucknow with change in weather condition. For the second time in the month, the city was engulfed in dense smog on Tuesday. City was in very poor air quality/ severely

  • 30/11/2016

  • Times of India (Lucknow)
  • • Uttar Pradesh
    • Air Pollution
    • Lucknow (T)
    • PM2.5
    • Air Quality Standards
    • RSPM (PM 10)
    • Air Quality Index (AQI)