air pollution index

(In summer its air pollution index is still among the county's most hazardous.)

On Wednesday, the Government said that it would not disclose the air pollution index because it could discourage tourism.

We will publish a regular air pollution index and encourage newspapers and TV and radio weather forecasts to use it.

The impact of the Haze have caused the Air Pollution Index rises to alarmingly hazardous levels.

The Environmental Protection Department has an Air Pollution Index monitoring station on the island.

According to the 2010 Air Pollution Index, Crescent Valley's air pollution is below the national average.

The air quality in Malaysia is reported as the Air Pollution Index (API).

As the station is very close the road, the Environmental Protection Department has set up an air monitor station to measure the Air Pollution Index.

The Real Air Pollution Index reports hourly pollution levels from 14 monitoring stations across the region and compares them to WHO standards.

Professor Wong Tze-wai, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong commented that the current air pollution index "gives a false sense of security".

The Air Pollution Index (API) is a simple and generalized way to describe the air quality in China, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

According to official data offered by the Health and Industry Ministry in Spain, Tenerife is one of cleanest places in the country with an air pollution index that is below the national average.

The air pollution index uses a complex chemistry model to produce a forecast for five main pollutants: sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and PM10 (particulate matter of less than 10 micrometers).

Hazel Henderson's 1981 book Politics for the Solar Age was responsible for sparking the creation of the Air Pollution Index, one of many quality of life measurements that are now proliferating.

And many report air quality according to an "air pollution index," with scores derived from a formula that combines harmful and innocuous pollutants in such a complex manner that even specialists have trouble interpreting its significance.

Prof Anthony Hedley of the University of Hong Kong said in September 2007 that if Hong Kong's Air Pollution Index was based on WHO recommended levels, our readings would be "absolutely sky high" for most of the year.

On August 11, 2005 a state of emergency was announced for the world's 12th largest port, Port Klang and the district of Kuala Selangor after air pollution there reached dangerous levels (defined as a value greater than 500 on the Air Pollution Index or API).

In September 2008, Greenpeace East Asia's Hong Kong office launched its "Real Air Pollution Index" as part of a campaign to get the government to update the Air Pollution Index to match WHO guidelines.

Haze however can also be an indication of poor air quality though this is often better reflected using accurate purpose built air indexes such as the American Air Quality Index, the Malaysian API (Air Pollution Index) and the Singaporean Pollutant Standards Index.