View Rate : 323 # News Code : TTime- 200084 Print Date : Monday, August 3, 2009 Tehran’s dust pollution remains at dangerous level TEHRAN – Dust pollution in Tehran will remain at a dangerous level throughout Monday, Tehran’s air pollution emergency committee announced on Sunday. According to the emergency committee, pollution’s average PM (particulate matter: tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in a gas) reached 119 on Sunday.
Tehran Times City Desk
In the committee meeting on Sunday, the pollution and its possible effects in the next few days were studied and ways to deal with the issue were also discussed.
The Director of Tehran’s Environment Department, Mohammad Baqer Saddouq, criticized the Industries Ministry for not cooperating over the issue.
Also, the director of Tehran’s Meteorological Organization predicted that the dust pollution will go down from Tuesday on.
It is the second time that dust pollution hits Tehran. The pollution brought the metropolis of Tehran to standstill in early July to the extent that the government institutions were closed for two days
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
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