“Everyone can begin to feel health effects, and people who belong to more sensitive groups can feel more serious health effects”, they state.
Special warnings were issued today for Mostar due to air pollution. According to the website weather.com , which deals with the assessment of air quality in the world, the air in Mostar on Thursday was marked as unhealthy.
“Everyone can begin to feel health effects, and people who belong to more sensitive groups can feel more serious health effects”, they state.
Photo: weather.com / Current air quality index in Mostar
According to this page the main pollutant is PM2.5 – Particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers. They are produced by the burning of fossil fuels (exhaust gases from cars, heating with wood or coal, etc.), and consist mainly of sulfates, nitrates, ammonia, organic and elemental carbon, heavy metals, such as lead, manganese, copper, cadmium, zinc , nickel, vanadium and chromium.
Their diameter is approximately 3 percent of the diameter of a hair shaft, and when their concentration rises above the permitted 25 μg/m3 in a calendar year and when they penetrate deep into the lungs, they can cause a range of problems, from difficulty breathing to burning eyes.
Therefore, it is advised that everyone, especially those suffering from diseases of the respiratory organs and the heart, as well as the elderly, pregnant women and children, should limit their time outside.
Source: blesak.info
