Air quality in India –
Air pollution 60 times higher than standards in New Delhi
The concentration of toxic microparticles in the Indian capital was measured on Monday at a level well above the maximum threshold set by the WHO.
Posted today at 7:48 a.m.
Levels of microparticles in the air are 60 times higher than World Health Organization (WHO) standards.
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Air pollution reached on Monday in the Indian capital New Delhi a level more than 60 times higher than the maximum threshold set by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to measurements carried out by the company IQAir.
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The concentration of toxic microparticles PM2.5 – the most dangerous because they diffuse directly into the blood – was measured in the morning at 907 micrograms per cubic meter of air in certain points of the agglomeration of 30 million inhabitants, according to these measures.
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