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Air you inhale getting dustier every year, shows data [1]

*Not only are levels of Suspended Particulate Matter above permissible limits in Mumbai, but the worst pollutant after vehicular emissions has grown at an alarming rate. *Construction work among main causes; respiratory diseases are on the rise, say doctors Despite all the efforts to reign in pollution in the financial capital, data collected by a slew of mobile air quality monitoring vans across the city have some alarming news: The levels of Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM), or dust, in Mumbai's air have continued to increase over the past three years.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution [3], SPM [4], RSPM (PM 10) [5], Air Quality Monitoring [6], Respiratory Diseases [7], Maharashtra [8]
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