Pollution Alert: Avoid These Cities to Live In
BENGALURU: While vast advancements in technology and industry have made life much easier, these innovations have also created an ever-growing monster called “pollution”. With the possible exception of underdeveloped and far-flung areas, almost the entire world is faced with a “dirty” problem.
Nevertheless, there are cities all over the planet that have really outdone themselves when it comes to being polluted. Particle matter shortly known as PM 2.5 is the most harmful pollutant for human health. If in a city, PM 2.5 exceeds 10 g/m3, it starts creating health problem. According to WHO, there are many cities on the earth that have exceeded this limit 9 to 15 times more. Want to know which metropolises got the highest ranks? Here are the eight most polluted cities in the world as complied by Business Insider.
Delhi, India
Though being the capital of India, Delhi has qualified as “very unhealthy” by WHO. Here, air pollution is caused mainly by industry and vehicular traffic, which has released high levels of particulate matter made up of various substances including carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and metal compounds. The measure of PM 2.5 level here has exceeded by 153 µg/m3, which is very unsafe for human survival.
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