{"id":2913,"date":"2019-01-16T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2019-01-16T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:32:34","slug":"fine-dust-and-toxic-smog-are-suffocating-these-asian-countriescnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2019\/01\/16\/fine-dust-and-toxic-smog-are-suffocating-these-asian-countriescnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine dust and toxic smog are suffocating these Asian countries:CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(CNN)<\/strong>Parts of Asia are choking under a thick layer of smog, leading at least one country to experiment in extreme forms of weather modification in an attempt to clear the toxic brown skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thailand, South Korea, China, India and Hong Kong are all facing unhealthy and even hazardous levels of pollution as weather patterns, coal heating and emissions contribute to the annual crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/01\/health\/air-pollution-cities-who-study\/index.html\">According to the World Health Organizatio<\/a>n (WHO), nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air containing a high level of pollutants, with the worst affected regions being Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several areas of Bangkok, a sprawling and heavily congested city of 8 million, are seeing high levels of PM2.5 pollution particles &#8212; microscopic particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter which are considered particularly harmful because they are small enough to lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, the levels have been hovering around 150-200 microgrammes per cubic meter, which is considered unhealthy on the Air Quality Index (AQI), according to CNN meteorologists. The World Health Organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health\">considers AQI levels<\/a> under 25 to be acceptable for humans to breathe regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firefighters Monday blasted water from high-pressure cannons around Bangkok&#8217;s City Hall and other areas, as part of short term efforts to ease the hazardous smog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/general\/1611074\/haze-puts-city-on-red-alert\">the Post reported. <\/a>There is debate as to whether water is effective in washing away the finer and more dangerous PM2.5 particles.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(CNN)Parts of Asia are choking under a thick layer of smog, leading at least one country to experiment in extreme forms of weather modification in an attempt to clear the toxic brown skies. 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