The WHO has released a new study ranking countries with the worst air pollution. When we consider air pollution most of us will automatically think of China. However, it was nowhere to be found in the top 10 offenders. This, by the way, is not because they\u2019ve suddenly cleaned up their act, but rather because this study ranked countries as a whole, rather than cities.<\/p>\n
So here are the top 5 countries with the worst air pollution, and what they are trying to do to combat it.<\/p>\n
1. Pakistan<\/p>\n
Pakistan made #1 on the list with a PM 2.5 pollution level of 101 ug\/m3. Now, that might not make sense so let me break it down: PM 2.5 stands for the size of the particles of pollution. The size (2.5) is frequently cited as the most detrimental because it can travel deep into lungs and cause a variety of ailments. Good examples of these particles are smoke, mold and dust. The ug\/m3 part stands for micrograms per unit meter of air. So Pakistan has 101 micrograms of PM 2.5 pollutants per unit meter of air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3406","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n