11 Worst Countries for Air Pollution

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4. Bangladesh

Average PM2.5 pollution: 79 ug/m3

Average PM10 pollution: 163 ug/m3

Close neighbor to India, Bangladesh only spreads over close to 57,000 square miles, with a population estimated at nearly 169 million people. The air quality has been dropping at an alarming rate in the past decade or so, as the industries developed more and more. Unfortunately, it’s not just the air that’s suffering, but also the waters where the textile industries have dumped their wastewaters. The toxic wastes are damaging the fish stocks, fruit produce and vegetables.

11 Worst Countries for Air Pollution

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