Air pollution has been associated with a significant proportion of pregnancy loss in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, according to a study published in the Lancet.
The study said that in Bangladesh India and Pakistan, air pollution might have contributed to 29 per cent of pregnancy losses.
Bangladesh was named the world’s most polluted country for PM2.5 exposure in the 2019 World Air Quality Report.
Fine particulate matter or PM2.5 of less than 12 micrograms per cubic metre is considered good although the World Health Organisation targets the countries that achieve PM2.5 less than 10 µg/m³.
Bangladesh’s average PM2.5 was 83.30 µg/m³ in 2019, according to the 2019 World Air Quality Report published in 2020.