{"id":15043,"date":"2023-10-13T03:22:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/?p=15043"},"modified":"2023-12-13T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:33:14","slug":"air-quality-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/air-quality-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide -section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAir Quality Data \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide white-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><div class=\"airnow-box\" style=\"float: right; text-align: center; background: #2E75B6; margin: 0 0 30px 20px; width: 230px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; border-radius: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.airnow.gov\/aq-dial-widget\/?latitude=23.777176&amp;longitude=90.399452\" width=\"230\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy air quality monitor measures airborne fine particulate matter (commonly referred to as PM 2.5 because they are less than or equal to 2.5 microns in diameter) on the compound of the Embassy in Dhaka. Data from a single monitoring station cannot be applied to an entire city. Therefore, air quality data collected at the U.S. Embassy may differ from other monitors located in the same cities.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Air Quality Index Levels of Health Concern<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Numerical Value<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" scope=\"col\"><strong>Meaning<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a6cc3d;\" scope=\"row\">Good<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a6cc3d;\">0 to 50<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a6cc3d;\">Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ee1f;\" scope=\"row\">Moderate<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ee1f;\">51 to 100<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ee1f;\">Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f59022;\" scope=\"row\">Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f59022;\">101 to 150<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f59022;\">Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eb2128;\" scope=\"row\">Unhealthy<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eb2128;\">151 to 200<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #eb2128;\">Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a21c4d;\" scope=\"row\">Very Unhealthy<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a21c4d;\">201 to 300<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a21c4d;\">Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #8a1b1e;\" scope=\"row\">Hazardous<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #8a1b1e;\">301 to 500<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #8a1b1e;\">Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1716],"tags":[],"locations_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-15043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evergreen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Air Quality Data - 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