Large Indian cities have the strongest air pollution worldwide. This is reflected in the World Aviation Quality Report for 2024, which the Swiss company IQair published on Tuesday. The East Indian Bymihat is therefore the glorious first place.
On the national average, the fine dust pollution in India is ten times the limit that the World Health Organization (which) recommends. The cut was 50.6 micrograms per cubic meter last year. In India there are 14 of the 20 metropolitan areas worldwide, which are the most dirty with the dangerous PM2.5 fine dust particles. According to the IQair report, this is mainly due to road traffic, the burning of agricultural areas, waste and industrial emissions.
However, the national situation is even worse in the Central African Chad, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the Chad, the high value has to do with the dust of the huge Bodélé-Senke.
Only seven countries meet the WHO limit value
According to the report, only seven of the countries investigated meet the WHO limit of five micrograms per cubic meter. These are Estonia, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, as well as the Caribbean states of Bahamas, Grenada and Barbados. Of the cities investigated, it is 17 percent that meets the standard. Vienna with the city center 3587 under 8954 metropolises, therefore, is over the top average.
Fine dust particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) and therefore about the diameter of the human hair deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream. This can cause lung and heart disease. According to the report “State of Global Air 2024” of the US Institutions Health Effects Institute and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, air pollution was the greatest environmental risk for human health. At that time it led to 8.1 million early dead worldwide.
For the report, IQair evaluated data from more than 40,000 measuring stations in 138 countries and areas.
Source: Krone
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