Air pollution
Romania Ignoring Scale of Pollution to Avoid Sanctions, Activist Claims
A leading environmental activist in Romania, Octavian Berceanu, told BIRN on Friday that Romanian authorities do not want to collect accurate data on the amount of air pollution in the country because sanctions would be triggered.
India could be the first country to impose climate lockdown
The authorities want to lockdown New Dehli due to excessive air pollution
Air pollution rises in Istanbul after pandemic curbs eased
Air in Istanbul became more polluted this year after most of the measures that kept people at home and restricted the use of cars were scrapped.
Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens
Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.
One of the world's most polluted cities and home to some 20 million people, Delhi is cloaked every winter in a thick blanket of smog.
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Air pollution blamed for 45,000 premature deaths in 2018
Air pollution caused a total of 44,617 premature deaths in 2018 in Turkey, recent research has shown.
Most fatalities due to prolonged exposure to the airborne PM2.5, known as particulate matter, occurred in the provinces of Iğdır, Kahramanmaraş, Mersin, Manisa, Niğde and Burdur, said Professor Kayıhan Pala from the Uludağ University's Medical School who led the study.
The WHO has Tightened the Criteria for Air Pollution
The World Health Organization (WHO) tightened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday for the first time since 2005, hoping to encourage countries to introduce clean energy and prevent deaths and diseases caused by pollution.
WHO says air pollution kills 7 mln a year, toughens guidelines
The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Sept. 22, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year.
Urgent action is needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, said the U.N. body, ranking its burden of disease on a par with smoking and unhealthy eating.
Air Pollution Kills 14,000 Bulgarians Every Year
Every year 14 000 people die in Bulgaria as a result of air pollution, which is calculated according to a certain methodology. That's about 1,500 people a month. Bulgaria is a country where the air pollution indicator among 652 countries is above the norms, therefore it has the highest values.
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Çorum, Erzurum ranked on Europe’s most polluted cities list
Turkey's Çorum and Erzurum were among the top 10 cities of Europe with the most polluted air, according to a report, while Turkey ranks as the 46th country in the world list with an average particle rate of 18.70 per cubic meter.
Head of National Environmental Guard announces regulation on location of air quality sensors
Romania is a green oasis on the world's air pollution map and is doing very well compared to other countries in the region, chief commissioner of the National Environmental Guard, Octavian Berceanu, said on Friday. Berceanu announced that a Regulation will be developed in the next period on the location of air quality sensors for greater data accuracy.