In the air of Kyiv during the week from April 3 to 8, an excess of the average daily maximum permissible concentration of nitrogen dioxide by 3.4 times was found.
Compared to the previous week, the level of pollution with formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide 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:
- in 2.4-3.4 times – on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Obolonsky prospect, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Akademik Strazheska, Oleksandr Dovzhenka, Hetman Pavlo Polubotka, Inzhener Borodin, Kaunaska and Sklyarenko streets ;
- no excesses were observed at 37 Nauky Ave. (in the area of the meteorological station).
Exceeding the MPC by average daily content of sulfur dioxide:
- 1.4-2.5 times – on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Obolonsky prospect, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark district, Akademik Strazheska, Oleksandr Dovzhenka, 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).
Other exceedances of MPC by average daily content:
- formaldehyde – in 1.1-1.5 times on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Obolonsky prospect, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Akademik Strazheska, Oleksandr Dovzhenka, Hetman Pavla Polubotka, Kaunaska and Sklyarenko streets .
Specialists of the observatory selected and analyzed 1486 atmospheric air samples from 15 stationary stations.
It is noted that compared to the previous week, somewhat rose level of pollution carbon monoxide .
As EcoPolitic previously reported, Kyiv took 26th place in the ranking of 30 major cities in the world with the best air quality indicators, according to the World Air Quality Report (IQAir).
