Toxic smog smothering India's capital smashes WHO limit
The Peninsula
New Delhi: Residents of India s capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the Worl...
New Delhi: Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.
Many in the city cannot afford air filters, nor do they have homes they can effectively seal from the misery of foul smelling air blamed for thousands of premature deaths.
Cooler temperatures and slow-moving winds trap deadly pollutants each winter, stretching from mid-October until at least January.
At dawn on Wednesday, "hazardous" pollutant levels in parts of the sprawling urban area of more than 30 million people topped 806 micrograms per cubic metre, according to monitoring firm IQAir.
That is more than 53 times the World Health Organization recommended daily maximum of fine particulate matter -- dangerous cancer-causing microparticles known as PM2.5 pollutants that enter the bloodstream through the lungs.
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