Air quality rankings show bushfires pushed Australia higher, but India claims the most polluted cities

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India records an unwanted statistic. The nation of more than 1.3 billion people had 21 of the top 30 most-polluted cities in 2019, the IQ Air index shows.

The air quality in Australia was amongst the worst in the world at times during the bushfire crisis that raged through large swathes of eastern states in December and January.Canberra had the world's most polluted air on New year's Day, but overall, Australia's air quality is very goodBangladesh was the country with the world's worst air quality in 2019.

The thick smoke led to some Australians wearing masks as they tried to cope with the heat combining with the smoke that pollutedThe nation of over 1.3 billion had 21 of the world's top 30 most-polluted cities and six of the top 10 for 2019., in which 93 cities recorded an overall yearly air quality in the unhealthy bracket.

Researchers from IQ Air — a global air quality information and technology company — collected their data for the report from on the ground monitoring stations that measure levels of fine particulate matter, known as PM 2.5. The microscopic particles, which are smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, are considered particularly harmful as they are small enough to enter deep into the lungs and cardiovascular system of a human.

Ghaziabad, an area close to New Delhi in northern Uttar Pradesh state, is ranked as the world's most polluted, with an average PM 2.5 concentration measurement of 110.2 in 2019.

 

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