Air quality in Ivano-Frankivsk has deteriorated to dangerous levels

Air quality in Ivano-Frankivsk has deteriorated to dangerous levels shutterstock
Katerina Belousova

Dangerous air quality was recorded by 3 monitoring stations

On Monday, January 15, hazardous levels of PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 dust were recorded in the air in Ivano-Frankivsk around 10:00.

The air quality index AQI reached 520, according to the online air quality monitoring map LUN City AIR.

Thus, hazardous air quality was recorded on Vasylianok Street (station #298 AQI 520), Zaliznychna Street (station 314 AQI 433) and in the Pozitron neighborhood (station 267 AQI 463).

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In other parts of the city, unhealthy air quality was recorded, or unhealthy for sensitive groups.

During this level of air pollution, people are advised to refrain from walking, do not open windows and use air purifiers.

Dust particles PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 are very small and can penetrate into the lungs and blood causing a number of diseases:

  • pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases;
  • some types of cancer;
  • neurodegenerative diseases;
  • decrease in immune response;
  • increasing the risk of premature death.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in Ivano-Frankivsk on Tuesday, January 9, air quality deteriorated sharply, namely the level of PM2.5 dust reached 158 (harmful level).

As EcoPolitic previously reported, a study by the European Environment Agency showed that on the continent at least 1,200 children die every year from the effects of breathing in polluted air.

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