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According to the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute (EPIC), the average South Korean citizen can expect to lose approximately 1.4 years of life expectancy due to poor air quality. [28] Seoul, the nation's largest city, has the worst levels of air pollution, and residents of that city will live 1.7 years less if pollution levels are ...
In addition, it is estimated that about 16% of the deaths in 2010 in the Seoul metropolitan area were air quality. This has led to health and environmental problems. Koreans are buying masks and air purifiers to breathe cleaner air, and trying to reduce Korea's air pollution emissions. [56] Air quality index in Seoul (2015)
The environment of South Korea is the natural environment of South Korea, which occupies the southern half of the Korean peninsula. Environment - current issues: air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; acid rain; drift net fishing. Forests were cleared over many centuries for use as ...
Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea.The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi province and Incheon metropolitan city, emerged as the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, trailing only Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, hosting more than half of South Korea's population.
[2] [page needed] According to an analysis of the "2019 World Air Quality Report" published by AirVisual, a global air pollution investigator, Korea ranked first in ultrafine dust pollution concentration among OECD members, showing that it is the worst air pollution country. [5] [6] Air pollution in Korea is becoming more serious. [7]
The Ministry of Environment ( Korean : 환경부; Hanja : 環境部; RR : Hwangyeong-bu) is the South Korea branch of government charged with environmental protection. In addition to enforcing regulations and sponsoring ecological research, the Ministry manages the national parks of South Korea. Its headquarters is in Sejong City.
The 2018 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 2700 towns and cities in 91 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively). [1] [2] [3]
An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies [ 1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. [ 2][ 3] As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk. Children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory or ...