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AP Air Quality Worsens, PM10 Exceeds National Standards for Third Year

PM10 levels rose from an annual average of 67 µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic meter) in 2024 to 84 µg/m³ in 2026, significantly above India's permissible limit of 60 µg/m³.

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Air quality breaches unhealthy levels in four areas, Putrajaya hovers near 150

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Air quality deteriorated across parts of the Klang Valley and Negeri Sembilan today, with...

City records average AQI at 75

City records average AQI at 61

City records average AQI at 88

How to Limit The Health Risks Posed by Polluted Air

SUNDAY, April 12, 2026 — Air pollution just isn’t what it used to be.While levels of lead and sulfur dioxide have dropped due to environmental regulations, other threats to air qu...

Southeast Asia's most polluted country has PM2.5 levels 6 times the WHO safe limit

Indonesia remained Southeast Asia's most polluted country in 2025, with average fine-particle pollution running at six times the World Health Organization's safe limit despite a ne...

Hanoi's air quality drops to unhealthy levels

Hanoi's air quality fell to unhealthy levels on Tuesday morning, with PM2.5 concentrations at around 85 µg/cu.m, nearly six times the World Health Organization's recommended daily...

Average AQI recorded at 54 in Lahore

Central Asia Steps Up Air Quality Efforts Amid Rising Pollution

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan ranked 29th globally for air pollution in 2025, with fine particulate matte...

Price of a Breath

When clean air turns scarce, cities sort people by what they can inhale. In Hyderabad, summer AQI sits between 90 and 130, in the moderate to poor range

वायु प्रदूषण पर CAQM का एक्शन, दिल्ली-NCR में 1765 इकाइयों को बंद करने का निर्देश

निरीक्षण रिपोर्ट के आधार पर, 9 इकाइयों को बंद करने और 18 इकाइयों के डीजी सेटों को सील करने, 11 इकाइयों को कारण बताओ नोटिस (एससीएन) जारी करने और छह इकाइयों के लिए एनवायरनमेंट कंपनसे...

Air quality sensors reveal pollution hot spots

The Hispanic Access Foundation found that in several Latino communities, particulate pollution exceeded federal standards. The post Air quality sensors reveal pollution hot spots a...

How Air Quality Affects COPD

+ Infographic textChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that restricts the airway and makes it hard to breathe. Pollution and irritants found in outdoor an...

Lahore's average AQI recorded at 61

दिल्ली की हवा में लें राहत की सांस! एयर क्वालिटी साफ, 100 से कम AQI

Delhi Pollution: राष्ट्रीय राजधानी की हवा साफ हो गई है. IMD के मुताबिक, मौसम में बदलाव और बारिश की गतिविधियों की वजह से दिल्ली का एयर क्वालिटी इंडेक्स यानी AQI गिरकर 100 के भी नीचे...

Twin Cities under air-quality alert Friday thanks to high ozone levels

Ozone pollution can aggravate lung diseases like asthma, emphysema and COPD, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Report: Many Indiana counties receive poor grades for air quality

The 2026 "State of the Air" report from the American Lung Association showed soot and smog levels in Indiana do not paint a healthy picture.Emissions data taken between 2022 and 20...

Miri records highest API in Sarawak as bush, peat fires continue to burn

MIRI, April 15 — Miri recorded the highest Air Pollutant Index (API) readings in Sarawak on Wednesday morning...

KMC to display air quality index in Karachi

Vietnam's air pollution reality is clouded by falsified data

Almost half of US population breathes unhealthy air, Earth Day report finds

Overall, the ALA report found some improvements across the nation in terms of particle pollution, but worsening impacts of ozone.

States Are Urging Thousands to Stop Driving Over Air Quality — Here’s Why It Matters

There’s a particular kind of alert that most people scroll past without a second thought. It doesn’t carry the urgency of a tornado warning or the drama of a hurricane track. It si...