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India's annual PM2.5 levels 10x safe limit
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
|March 12, 2025
India's annual PM 2.5 concentration was over 10 times the safe limit at 50.6 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) in 2024 compared to 54.4 µg/m3 in 2023, according to Swiss air quality technology firm IQAir's "World Air Quality Report 2024" released on Tuesday.
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The seventh annual IQAir report said only 17% of cities globally and seven countries—Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Estonia, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand—met the WHO guidelines that say annual PM2.5 concentration should not exceed 5 µg/m3.
This story is from the March 12, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Rajasthan.
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