On a par with Beijing and Paris: Kiev could join the Ukrainian capital to the “foggy” cities

Kiev became the first major city that hid in winter haze.

From the smog this morning scared Kiev, recurrent capital around the world. Perhaps the most dirty the world consider capital new Delhi, says the story TSN.19:30.

In the fall of the level of contamination of the air exceeded the norm by 70 times. Due to the heavy smog there, stopping the work of educational institutions, canceled airline flights, and people were asked not to go out.

This winter, Beijing was enveloped in the worst in recent years, smog, visibility in the city dropped to 50 meters. Schools and kindergartens were closed, the airport and the railway was intermittent.

Suffocated by smoke in December also in Paris. Due to poor visibility in the city has restricted the speed of traffic, and pedestrians are asked less to be on the street and give up Jogging in the fresh air.

Dawn over mist. Ukrainian made spectacular photos of Kiev from the drone

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Meanwhile in Kiev, the State sanitary and epidemiological service together with laboratories conducts hourly measurements of the content of harmful substances in the air of the capital. This was reported by the chief sanitary doctor of Kiev Oleg Ruban. “Today we hourly monitor the condition of the air in Kiev. I can say that now excess the maximum allowable concentrations for sulphur anhydrite is almost fixed. But really in the morning, during the formation of this smog, there were several exceedances in two or three times, but this is typical for big cities. Unfortunately, in all large cities could have turned into a chronic disease,” he said.

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