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Three times higher levels of poisonous gases in the air found in Kyiv

Katerina Belousova

Specialists of the observatory analyzed 1,690 air samples

During the week of November 13-18, the average daily maximum permissible concentration of formaldehyde was found to be 3.4 times higher than the average daily maximum permissible concentration.

Compared to the previous week, the content of sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, and nitrogen dioxide decreased, according to the weekly air pollution report from the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory.

According to the observatory, the maximum permissible concentration (MPC) of nitrogen dioxide was exceeded by the average daily content:

  • by 1.6-2.3 times – on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Beresteyski and Obolonski avenues, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark district, 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 content of sulfur dioxide:

  • by 1.6-2.3 times – on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Beresteyski and Obolonski avenues, Lesya Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark district, 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:

  • 3.4 times – on Hetman Pavlo Polubotka Street (November 16);
  • in 1.1-1.7 times – on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Beresteyski and Obolonski avenues, Lesi Ukrainka boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Akademik Strazheska, Dovzhenka, Kaunaska and Semena Sklyarenko streets;
  • 1.1 times – on Nauka Avenue (November 16).

Specialists of the observatory selected and analyzed 1690 atmospheric air samples from 16 stationary posts.

As EcoPolitic reported earlier, on November 1, a pilot project "Dispose of Medicines – Save the Planet" was launched in Kyiv, within the framework of which people will be able to hand over expired medicines for disposal free of charge.

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