Health Desk- Jan 18,
2020: Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was ranked fifth worst in the Air Quality
Index (AQI) on Saturday morning, reports UNB.
It had an AQI score of 228 around 8:20am. The air was
classified as ‘very unhealthy’.
Everyone may experience more serious health effects when the
AQI score is between 201 and 300.
China’s Shenyang and Bosnia Herzegovina’s Sarajevo occupied
the top two positions in the list of cities with worst air with scores of 304
and 294 respectively.
When the value is more than 300, the air quality is
considered hazardous and the entire population is more likely to be affected.
The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs
people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated
health effects might be a concern for them.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants
- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone (O3).
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