Air pollution exceeds safety limits in two Armenian cities
The concentration of pollutants in the air of two Armenian cities – Vanadzor and Hrazdan - exceeds the limits of air-quality standards, according to the data, released by Armenia’s National Statistical Committee.
The data received from monitoring of the quality of the air basin held in December in the cities of Armenia, reveal that Sulphur dioxide exceeds the acceptable norm by 1.2 times in Vanadzor and 1.4 times in Hrazdan.
In all remaining settlements, all the air pollutants – dust, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide as well as ground-level ozone have been within the accepted norms.