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Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike. Air pollution is a particularly big problem in emerging and developing countries, where global environmental standards often cannot be met. The data in this list refers only to outdoor air quality and not indoor air quality, which ...
Europe is the most improved region. ... Bosnia Herzegovina is still the most polluted country in the region, with an annual average PM2.5 level of 27.5 µg/m3, but even that’s down by 18% from ...
Turkey and Poland are the two most polluted countries in Europe but they still are not included in the 25 most polluted countries in the world. Our ranking is based on Air Quality Index according ...
The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively).
Law by country; Most polluted cities; Least polluted cities by PM2.5; Treaties; ... [21] is an air quality index used in Europe since 2006. [22] In November 2017, ...
Canada was the most polluted country in North America largely because of its record-setting wildfire season, when more than 45 million acres burned. ... While some regions, such as western Europe ...
The most polluted river in Japan from the 1960s to the 1990s, leading to cleanup efforts. [218] River Churnet: Staffordshire, England: Became possibly the most polluted river in Europe in the 19th century. Improved after the decline of industry in Leek and the Churnet Valley. [219] Charles River: Massachusetts, United States
Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world. [7] Europe's climate is getting warmer due to anthropogenic activity. According to international climate experts, global temperature rise should not exceed 2 °C to prevent the most dangerous consequences of climate change; without reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, this could happen ...