Air pollution is a growing global issue, that is detrimental to human health and the environment. Major sources of air pollution include manufacturing, power and transport. Some of the major health effects of air pollution are lung and heart diseases. Read more on what air pollution is, global air pollution trends and more here.
Another year, another winter. As winter arrives in Beijing and soon in Shanghai, I got to wondering: how much worse is winter air in Beijing? To get to the bottom of it, I analyzed the last eight years of US Embassy PM2.5 data for Beijing and Shanghai. I found that …
The World Bank released a new report titled “The Cost of Air Pollution: strengthening the economic case for action” which talks about the consequences of air pollution and in it, they detail how air pollution is now the 4th leading risk factor for deaths worldwide. That’s worse than the deaths …
Map of today’s pollution levels across China – 9th September 2016. Source：http://aqicn.org What a glorious day in Beijing! Right now, the US Embassy in Beijing is giving a PM2.5 value of 0. Is summer normally this good? And what’s the pollution like in other parts of China right now? (Short answer: …
Air pollution can be confusing. As a topic, it’s often not well understood or well-reported about. That means separating fact from fiction can often be hard to do. In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish research-backed facts and findings from common misconceptions–misconceptions that sometimes even get repeated in the …
Summer is here, bringing with it clearer skies and certainly cleaner air. Right? Summer always seems to drive out the dense clouds of pollution that suffocate many Indian cities. However, while summer air is in fact cleaner than air during other seasons, it’s still far from safe according to the …
In the main text, I presented a simple formula. However, if I try to more precisely fit a formula, the regression spits out the following: PM2.5 µg/m³ = Dylos 1 micron count x .023 – 5.309. We can judge the complicated and simplified formulas by calculating how much they differ …
As always, I’m making the raw data and more details about the testing methods openly available here. Extra details: A second way to parse the data The results for all N95 and N90 masks in the main article are using the fit machine’s “N95 correction mode.” Explaining this gets into …
Last week, the Ministry of Urban Development announced a Rs. 19,762 crore ($2.95 billion) solution to reduce vehicular pollution in Delhi. If approved, the proposal will seek to reduce emissions from the over 8.8 million vehicles in the city, mostly owned by the rising middle and upper classes. Despite this class differential in vehicular …
For years, air pollution has been linked to heart disease but scientists haven’t been able to understand how, exactly, it breaks your heart. Last week, researchers in the U.S. released results from a long-term study that shed light; they found that air pollution thickens blood and hardens arteries, accelerating atherosclerosis — a …
Had trouble breathing lately? It might be because despite popular opinion, Delhi’s air pollution levels aren’t doing so great in the summer heat. Our team regularly monitors air quality through the Air Quality Index Widget on our phone, which uses U.S. Embassy Air Quality data. The U.S. Embassy converts P.M. 2.5 …
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