Several Southeast Asian cities among world's most polluted: IQAir ranking
Several Southeast Asian cities joined the ranks of the world's most polluted places today, as they grapple with worsening smog. Swiss-based IQAir tracks live pollution levels in major cities. As of this evening, Thailand's capital Bangkok ranked seventh on the global scale, with its air quality index in the "unhealthy" range and the level of PM2.5 pollutants hitting more than 12 times above what's recommended by the World Health Organization. Vietnam's capital Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia's Phnom Penh also made it to the top five on the list at different times today.
Several Southeast Asian cities joined the ranks of the world's most polluted places today, as they grapple with worsening smog. Swiss-based IQAir tracks live pollution levels in major cities. As of this evening, Thailand's capital Bangkok ranked seventh on the global scale, with its air quality index in the "unhealthy" range and the level of PM2.5 pollutants hitting more than 12 times above what's recommended by the World Health Organization. Vietnam's capital Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia's Phnom Penh also made it to the top five on the list at different times today.
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