Average concentrations of PM2.5 – small airborne particles that damage the lungs – reached 79.9 micrograms per cubic meter in Bangladesh in 2023, and 73.7 micrograms in Pakistan. The WHO recommends no more than 5 micrograms. “Because of the climate conditions and the geography (in South Asia), you get this streak of PM2.5 concentrations that […]
As mercury levels drop, experts have encouraged Karachi residents to wear masks to protect themselves from the city’s dangerous air pollution. With strong northern winds, the port city’s minimum temperature plummeted to 15.5 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast additional temperature drops over the next few days. According to the Air Quality Index (AQI), […]
Children exposed to air pollution, such as wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for as little as one day may be doomed to higher rates of heart disease and other ailments in adulthood, according to a new Stanford-led study. The analysis, published in Nature Scientific Reports, is the first of its kind to investigate air pollution’s […]
New Delhi’s dreadful air quality turned a lot worse over the weekend as Hindus in India’s capital burned statues of their demon king Ravana and lit firecrackers; to celebrate the victory of good over evil during the Dussehra festival. As pollution spiked on Monday morning, India Gate, a monument near Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
