Air pollution deaths
Pollution prompts Bangkok to close schools for the week
PM 2.5 is a mixture of liquid droplets and solid particles that can include dust, soot and smoke, one of the main measures of the Air Quality Index (AQI).
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If you live in a big city you already smoke every day
Scientists at Berkeley Earth have taken air pollution levels of major cities and compared them to the effects of smoking.
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China expects to see heavy air pollution during Lunar New Year
More than 400 cities across China, though, have banned fireworks since last year to curb air pollution during the 15-day holiday and reducing deadly accidents, which are common.
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China puts finishing touches to 2-year smog crackdown plan
Key areas facing such restrictions are the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei zone in the country’s north and the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas further south.
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China says 8 northern cities failed air quality targets in Oct, Nov
The failures highlight the challenge Beijing faces in cleaning the nation’s notoriously toxic air during the winter when smog blankets colder regions as people crank up their heating.
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New Delhi declares emergency as toxic smog thickens by the hour
A US embassy measure of tiny particulate matter PM 2.5 showed a reading of 608 at 10 am when the safe limit is 50.
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Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO
Such unsanitary and polluted environments can lead to fatal cases of diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia, the WHO said in a report.
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China, India account for half world’s pollution deaths in 2015 – study
Research by the US-based Health Effects Institute showed that air pollution caused more than 4.2 million early deaths worldwide in 2015.
