Isfahan air is unhealthy for sensitive groups

According to Mehr reporter, the air quality index of Isfahan metropolis based on the data of 16 active monitoring stations in the 24 hours ending at 9 am on Sunday, January 16 with an average of 137 AQI for the second consecutive day is in orange and unhealthy status for sensitive groups (elderly, people with respiratory diseases) and cardiac, pregnant women and children less than five years old).

Isfahan General Directorate of Meteorology has also issued a yellow level warning and announced that the concentration of air pollutants will increase until Tuesday, January 18, due to the persistence of the cold air mass and the inversion of temperature due to atmospheric stagnation. The peak of these conditions is predicted on Monday, January 17.

Based on the data of the online air quality control system of the Environmental Organization (Isfahan region), the air index of this metropolis today at the time of publication of this report is at the station of Elginab Square with number 155, University of Technology 162, Rodki St. and Kaveh Boulevard 157, St. Zainabiya 153, Faiz St. 160 and Kordabad (J) 188 AQI indicates a red and unhealthy situation for the general citizens and at Farshadi St. station with number 93 and Mirza Taher St. 87 shows an acceptable AQI.

Sunday morning air index of Isfahan city at 25 Aban St. station with number 116, Zamzam Park 103, Rahnan St. 144, Zainabiya 118, Faiz Street 149, Sepahanshahr 134 and Veldan 114 AQI is in orange and unhealthy status for sensitive groups.

The air quality in Shahinshahr is acceptable with an average of 88 and Kashan with an average of 80 AQI Gahjavaristan It was recorded with an average of 154 unhealthy AQI for general citizens. Air pollution measuring station SajziKhomeinishahr, Mahmudabad Industrial Estate, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Mubarakeh, Najafabad and Zarinshahr are cut off.

Air quality index from 0 to 50 clean air, 51 to 100 healthy air, 101 to 150 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151 to 200 unhealthy for Generally, 201 to 300 is very unhealthy and 301 to 500 is dangerous.

This index usually includes five air pollutants Carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and suspended particles below 2.5 microns (PM2.5) size get And it is recorded daily in weather monitoring stations.

Air Quality Index is a measure that measures the concentration of various pollutant compounds in the air such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen compounds, ozone and suspended particles (particles smaller than 10 micrometers and particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers). which has different permissible limits with different units, turns it into a unitless number and displays the state of air pollution.