In the air of Kyiv during the week from June 5 to 10, an excess of the average daily maximum permissible concentration of nitrogen dioxide by 4.1 times was detected.
Compared to the previous week, the content of polluting impurities has slightly decreased, according to the weekly report on air pollution from the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky.
According to the data of the observatory, the exceeding of the maximum permissible concentration (MPC) in terms of the average daily content of nitrogen dioxide was:
- 1.8-4.1 times – on Demiivska, Halytska and Bessarabska squares, Obolonski, Nauka and Beresteyski avenues, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Akademik Strazheska, Dovzhenka Hetman Pavla Polubotka, Inzhener Borodin, Kaunaska and Sklyarenko streets .
Exceeding the MPC by average daily content of sulfur dioxide:
- by 1.3-2.0 times on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Obolonski and Beresteiska avenues, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Akademik Strazheska, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Hetman Pavlo Polubotka, Inzhener Borodin, Kaunaska and Semyon Sklyarenko streets;
- no excesses were observed at 37 Nauky Ave. (in the area of the meteorological station).
Exceeding the MPC by average daily formaldehyde content:
- in 1.0-3.1 times on Demiivska, Bessarabska, and Halytska squares, Obolonski, Nauka, and Beresteyski avenues, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark district, Akademik Strazheska, Dovzhenka, Hetman Pavla Polubotka, Kaunaska, and Sklyarenko streets .
Specialists of the observatory collected and analyzed 1,651 samples of atmospheric air from 16 stationary stations.
As EcoPolitic reported before, in Kyiv, the online platform "eKutochok" was launched in test mode, where people unite for temporary overstaying pets. Animal rights activists from UAnimals also launched the "Shelter with an Animal" chatbot.
