The international air quality observatory recorded a concentration of polluting particles 16.2 times higher than that recommended by the WHO. The air condition was aggravated by forest fires and burning in the region.
The city of Saint Paulthe most populated in Brazil and South America, was considered for the fourth consecutive day as the metropolis with the worst air quality in the worlda product of forest fires and burning in the Amazon rainforest (north) and the Pantanal biome (west), according to information from the international air quality observatory, IQAir.
Air quality in the metropolis of São Paulo with 12 million inhabitants and more than 7 million vehicles that circulate daily through its streets marked 169 AQI (air quality index), by recording a concentration of polluting particles 16.2 times higher that recommended by the World Health Organization.
The main city of Brazil and financial and industrial hub of South America, presents a reddish cloudiness in the atmosphere as a result of smoke and ash from fires or burnings in sugar cane crops in the interior of the state, as well as in areas of the Amazon and the Pantanal.
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Others Brazilian cities They also received a rating of “unhealthy” in air quality by the international observatory IQAir as Campinas, located in the interior of the state of São Paulo; Curitibiawhich is the capital of Paraná (south); Rio Brancothe capital of the Amazonian state of Acre (northwest) and Old Portthe capital of Rondonia (northwest).
The Sao Paulo mayor’s office published in the local Official Gazette the creation of a crisis committee regarding the care of the population regarding air quality, especially to increase the budget in elderly care.
It was also announced that purchase of appliances to humidify and purify the air in schools located in neighborhoods with low humidity levels, as well as increase the distribution of drinking water and other liquids. In addition, the authorities warned that the thermometers Local temperatures will reach 32 degrees Celsius, with low air humidity below 30%.
Source: Ambito
