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2023/01/02
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Citizens of metropolises dream of clean air
TEHRAN – In the past, the air was supposed to keep us alive, but it seemingly has changed its duty, like many other things, to kill us.
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2022-12-11 18:52
By Faranak Bakhtiari
What air pollution brings to mountains?
TEHRAN – Unbelievably, remote mountains are no exception to air pollution exposure despite many being difficult to travel to, as roads are scarce and accessibility is limited.
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2022-11-27 18:29
Implementation of Clean Air Law needs $5b
TEHRAN – A total of 1.8 quadrillion rials (nearly $5 billion) is required to implement Clean Air Law, Department of Environment chief Ali Salajeqeh has said.
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2022-11-21 18:55
Deaths attributed to air pollution increased by 87%
TEHRAN – During the last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2021-March 2022), the number of all deaths attributed to long-term exposure to PM2.5 particles increased by more than 87 percent compared to a year before, Abbas Shahsavani, head of air health and climate change department of the Ministry of Health, has said.
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2022-11-19 17:16
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Air pollution kills more than AIDS and malaria
TEHRAN – The number of people who die annually from air pollution in the world is 6 times the number of people who die from malaria and 4 times those killed by AIDS.
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2022-11-13 19:24
Mobile sources responsible for 83% of Tehran’s air pollution
TEHRAN – Some 83 percent of air pollution in Tehran and 70 percent in other big cities of the country are caused by mobile sources, Abdollah Motevalli, deputy director of the Standards and Quality Inspection Company, has said.
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2022-06-26 16:52
Solar air quality monitoring device produced domestically
TEHRAN – An Iranian knowledge-based company has succeeded in designing and producing a solar air quality monitoring device.