This Is What the UK Looks Like Today
 

This Is What the UK Looks Like Today
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An unhealthy mix of dust particles from the Sahara Desert along with pollution from the big cities in Western Europe has cut visibilities across the UK this week. In addition, light surface winds have let the toxic soup of ingredients in place, rather than sweeping them out to sea.

The worst of the pollution has been across southeast England, including London, where air quality has deteriorated to level 10 on the 10-point scale - the worst-possible reading. Levels are determined by the amount of five pollutants in the air — ozone, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and two types of particulate matter. Such hazardous air quality levels can be harmful to those with compromised immune systems, respiratory ailments including asthma, and the young and elderly, and the UK typically only experiences levels this high about five times a year. Read more...

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