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And a half 1000000000 liters of untreated sewage that enter the river every day but it was the skies above new delhi that had many stopped in their tracks this weekend as a Public Health emergency was declared when the air quality index reached 999 in most areas the reason it was 999 is that because that it thats as high as the meters are able to record its estimated that the air in new delhi is 7 times as bad as the air in beijing china and 20 times what the World Health Organization deems safe this means thousands of schools shut down flights cancelled and cars banned from the roads on certain days to mitigate the already growing danger so what happened in india while an annual tradition of burning off what those in india call crop stubble combined with the excessive use of fireworks during religious ceremonies in recent weeks and you have just the right amount to tip an already pollution filled area over the edge the delicate new delhi resident you sean. Explains the other reasons f
A river are meant to be holy to cleanse however what was once a place of peace is now covered in toxic foam brought about by the estimated one and a half 1000000000 liters of untreated sewage that enter the river every day but it was the skies above new delhi that had many stopped in their tracks this weekend as a Public Health emergency was declared when the air quality index reached 999 in most areas the reason it was 999 is that because that it thats as high as the meters are able to record its estimated that the air in new delhi is 7 times as bad as the air in beijing china and 20 times what the World Health Organization deemed safe this means thousands of schools shut down Flights Canceled and cars banned from the roads on certain days to mitigate the already growing danger so what happened in india while an annual tradition of burning off with those in india called crops. All combined with the excessive use of fireworks during religious ceremonies in recent weeks and you have jus
Coast in canada including places like montreal that you just mentioned never mind smaller towns and a place called opal which is just outside of toronto so these are highly Populated Areas as well im going to some numbers here for you so dont mind me reading for one moment so the fact is out of 12000. 00 test since 201433 percent exceeded National Safety guidelines of 5 parts per 1000000000 now to put this into perspective when we look at the United States the National System there anything under 15 parts per 1000000000 is accepted here its 5 parts per 1000000000 so its 33 percent at an acceptable level but if we use the American Standard it drops down to 18 percent which is still you know most a quarter of all houses lets say one 5th of all houses in or that were tested in canada are contaminated with lead coming through the taps that means any water that youre showering in any water youre boiling any water you drink it straight from the trap has lead in that and we know that in many
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