translated from Spanish: Activate contingency in Monterrey by bad air quality

Monterrey.-the Government of the State of Nuevo León activated first phase of environmental contingency due to the poor quality of the air, then the stations of monitoring will reach up to 29 4 points on particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). According to the Ministry of sustainable development, the recovery of contaminants could be due to the burning of coal and pyrotechnics during the celebrations of the year Nuevo.A through a press release, the unit explained that since last night there was a considerable increase in air pollution: from 9 pm from yesterday it was observed an increase in the concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 particles, trend that has prevailed until now.

High levels of air pollution are recorded in Monterrey. Photo: Agency reform the moments of greatest concentration of pollutants occurred between 0: 00 and 3:00, and while emissions ceased, weather conditions with little wind keeps the quality of the air in “extremely bad”. In that sense, the State Government activated the environmental contingency phase, so urges the population to avoid the combustion of any material and restrict everything vehicles.

The sustainable development secretariat attributed the bad air quality the burning of coal and pyrotechnics during new year celebrations. Photo: Agency reform in terms of industrial activities, calls for minimizing emissions in courtyards, covering materials stored in bulk, and water any surface that does not have some kind of coating, and calls on constructions in general keep moisturized your areas without vegetation.

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