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Managing and controlling air pollution in Dhaka

URBAN air pollution is a complex mix of toxic pollutants and key contaminants like nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx), ozone (O3), and particulate matter (PM). Particulate matter is classified primarily by size due to the varying health effects associated with particles of different diameters. It refers to a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets...

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Analysing global air pollution status report

THE State of Global Air is a research and outreach initiative of the United States’ Health Effect Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s Global Burden of Disease project. In collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, the State of Global Air has published the State of Global Air Report 2024 on June...

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Worrying absence of effective air quality enhancement plan

POLLUTION, especially air pollution, has for long been a major cause for concern for public health. Yet, the authorities have consistently remained nonchalant about the issue. While about 200,000 premature deaths are attributed to air pollution every year, the Air Quality Life Index says that pollution shortens the life expectancy of an average Bangladeshi by...

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Air pollution shortens life span of Bangladeshis by 4.8 years: WHO

Bangladesh is the world’s most polluted country and fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident’s life expectancy by 4.8 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 µg/m³ was met, says a new global report released on Wednesday...

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