Honduran cityβs air pollution is almost 50 times higher than WHO guidelines
San Pedro Sula is rated βdangerousβ as effects of forest fires, El NiΓ±o and the climate crisis cause a spike in respiratory illnesses
The air quality in San Pedro Sula, the second-largest city in Honduras, as been classified as the most polluted on the American continent due to forest fires and weather conditions aggravated by El NiΓ±o and the climate crisis.
IQAir, a Swiss air-quality organisation that draws data from more than 30,000 monitoring stations around the world, said on Thursday that air quality in the city of about 1 million people has reached βdangerousβ levels.
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