All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe To Love You ...
The majority will think that Beijing or some cities in China will top the world as the place with most polluted air. But according to World Health Organisation data covering more than 1000 cities in 91 countries, China's capital is not the city that consistently endures the world's worst air pollution. It doesn't even come close.
One of the crucial measures of dangerous air pollution is the number of parts per million of particles smaller than 10 micrometres (PM10) wafting through the air. Beijing's residents breathe in air with an average PM10 of 121, but millions of people have it worse.
"Beijing PM10 Level .... 121"
"Ahwaz, Iran ..... 372
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia .... 279
Delhi, India ... 198"
Farther down the list are more cities in Iran, along with some in India, Pakistan, and Botswana, before Delhi appears in the 12th spot, with average particulate levels of 198 parts per million.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/where-is-the-worst-air-in-the-world-20130306-2fkg8.html#ixzz2Mpj48tYI
From the data supplied by W.H.O. I managed to glance through some cities in Malaysia and their recorded PM10 ... we should be thankful but must still be vigilant over issues such as location of certain manufacturing businesses, issues over open burning and excessive deforestation issues.
| Alor Setar | 38 |
Bintulu | 49 |
Gombak | 39 |
Ipoh | 42 |
Johor Bahru | 52 |
Kajang | 45 |
Kangar | 35 |
Keningau | 40 |
Klang | 65 |
Kuala Lumpur | 49 |
Kuala Selangor | 45 |
Kuala Terengganu | 51 |
Labuan | 34 |
Some other cities that I did not managed to copy properly:
Adelaide 14 / Brisbane 18 / Canberra 10 / Sydney 12 / Dhaka 134 / Brussels 28 / London 20 / Ottawa 16 / Vancouver 12 / Montreal 34 / Chengdu 111 / Guangzhou 70 / Fuzhou 64 / HK 50 / Shanghai 81 / Lyon 33 / Paris 38 / Dortmund 27 / Frankfurt 27 / Athens 41 / Budapest 29 / Bangalore 90 / Chennai 48 / Jaipur 112 / Kolkota 148 / Mumbai 132 / Jakarta 43 (surprising) / Medan 111 / Surabaya 69 / Dublin 15 (wow) / Jerusalem 60 / Tel Aviv 60 / Parma 34 / Napoli 44 / Osaka 27 / Tokyo 23 / Beirut 53 / Luxembourg 18 / Port Dickson 40 / Sandakan 33 / Seremban 39 / Shah Alam 54 / Monaco 18 / Yangon 96 / Kathmandu valley 106 (another surprise) / Amsterdam 24 / Auckland 15 (amazing) / Christchurch 17 / Wellington 11 / Oslo 22 / Karachi 193 / Lima 78 / Seoul 64 / Incheon 54 / Singapore 29 / Bangkok 54 / Chiangmai 42 / Phuket 28 / LA 28 / NYC 21
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