Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI of 174 at 9:20am today
Bangladesh has a number of environmental laws in place, but enforcement is often weak
I would love to believe that I’m just having a severe reaction to dust, or that it’s all normal seasonal illness, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
In Dhaka, we do not live; we survive.
While some studies point to brick kiln emissions as the main sources, some point to dust sources, and others to vehicular emissions.
Recent research has shown that air pollution and depression share a strong link.
The people most affected by these climate-related health issues have often done the least to create them
Four South Asian countries -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- have agreed to drastically bring down the annual average of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 in the countries’ air to 35 microgrammes per cubic metre by 2030.
Air pollution is killing around 80,000 people every year in Bangladesh by causing respiratory problems as well as depression, and wiping out around 4 percent of the country’s GDP, said a World Bank report yesterday.
Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI of 174 at 9:20am today
Bangladesh has a number of environmental laws in place, but enforcement is often weak
I would love to believe that I’m just having a severe reaction to dust, or that it’s all normal seasonal illness, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
In Dhaka, we do not live; we survive.
While some studies point to brick kiln emissions as the main sources, some point to dust sources, and others to vehicular emissions.
Recent research has shown that air pollution and depression share a strong link.
The people most affected by these climate-related health issues have often done the least to create them
Four South Asian countries -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- have agreed to drastically bring down the annual average of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 in the countries’ air to 35 microgrammes per cubic metre by 2030.
Air pollution is killing around 80,000 people every year in Bangladesh by causing respiratory problems as well as depression, and wiping out around 4 percent of the country’s GDP, said a World Bank report yesterday.
The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has once again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world.