U.S. Embassy installs air pollution meter in Bishkek
The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan decided to monitor the situation and installed its air pollution meter in Bishkek city. Now, not only diplomats, but also Kyrgyzstanis can compare the situation with other capitals of the world.
At present, the level of PM2.5 in Bishkek is 62 µg / m³. In Astana, this figure is 61 µg / m³, in Beijing — 64 µg / m³.
The situation in Tashkent is much worse. The PM2.5 level there reaches 207 µg / m³, in Ulaanbaatar — 514 µg/ m³. The most favorable situation is in Ho Chi Minh city, where the level of PM2.5 is 56 µg / m³. The most unfavorable is in Dhaka — 224,056 µg / m³.