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(.#A.050).- India, New Delhi suffocates in a fog of pollution, Nov. 5, 2019.
India, New Delhi suffocates in a fog of pollution, Nov. 5, 2019.
AFP - The twenty million people in New Delhi continued to cough and rub their eyes yesterday in a fog of pollution, a public health emergency that led to the closure of schools and building sites.
Yesterday Nov. 4 A nauseating and disgusting haze still imprisoned the Indian capital, hiding the buildings, entering the homes, offices and even subterranean galleries of the subway, invading the airways and lungs.
The peak of these days is one of the most violent episodes of air pollution in recent years the megacity, often described by Indian officials '' gas chamber ''.
At 10:00 local time (4:30 GMT), the American embassy on the spot recorded a concentration of PM2.5 fine particles of 469 micrograms per cubic meter of air. In comparison, the Paris level at the same time was 6.
F I N.
India, New Delhi suffocates in a fog of pollution, Nov. 5, 2019.
AFP - The twenty million people in New Delhi continued to cough and rub their eyes yesterday in a fog of pollution, a public health emergency that led to the closure of schools and building sites.
Yesterday Nov. 4 A nauseating and disgusting haze still imprisoned the Indian capital, hiding the buildings, entering the homes, offices and even subterranean galleries of the subway, invading the airways and lungs.
The peak of these days is one of the most violent episodes of air pollution in recent years the megacity, often described by Indian officials '' gas chamber ''.
At 10:00 local time (4:30 GMT), the American embassy on the spot recorded a concentration of PM2.5 fine particles of 469 micrograms per cubic meter of air. In comparison, the Paris level at the same time was 6.
F I N.
