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Bengaluru

Bengaluru

by | Apr 2, 2019

Bengaluru’s poor air quality is a looming public health crisis.   “It’s essential that there is better monitoring of air quality in Bengaluru, to improve our understanding of individual exposure patterns in the city.” Dr. Prashanth Thankachan, researcher at...
Hatay

Hatay

by | Feb 5, 2019

  Healthy Air, Healthy Climate With a population of 1.5 million, Hatay is the border city of Turkey and Syria. Iskenderun, a major town in the city, acts as a port for the heavy industry and coal power plants. Similarly to Adana, steel-iron plants, heavy industry...
Fresno

Fresno

by | Jan 15, 2019

Air quality in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley is amongst the worst in California and the US. One in six children in the region suffer from asthma compared to the national average of one in 12.   Fresno is situated in California’s San Joaquin Valley and is the...
Sofia

Sofia

by | May 30, 2018

Sofia is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. It constantly breaches both World Health Organisation (WHO) and European Union (EU) air quality safety levels, increasing the risk of heart disease, lung cancer, respiratory diseases and stroke.   Measurements...
Tuzla

Tuzla

by | Feb 26, 2018

  Bosnia and Herzegovina has the second highest mortality rate (per 100,000 population) from air pollution in the world, after North Korea The main sources of PM2.5 are the Tuzla Thermal Power Plant which burns over 3.3 million tons of coal annually. The Tuzla Thermal...