Air Pollution in South Korea

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Current Air Quality

117

Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups

on Tuesday, Apr 30th 2024, 20:00 pm

Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#	AQI	City
1	129	Asan
2	129	Chinch'ŏn
3	124	Yangju
4	122	Wŏnju
5	122	Uijeongbu-si
6	119	Seoul
7	119	Yeoju
8	117	Gapyeong

Cities with the best air quality

#	AQI	City
1	-	Kunwi
2	32	Kyosai
3	39	Yanggu
4	46	Neietsu
5	46	T’aebaek
6	46	Tonghae
7	46	Puan
8	46	Gumi

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AQI	Air Pollution Level	Health Implications	Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50	Good	Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk	None
51 -100	Moderate	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.	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200	Unhealthy	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300	Very Unhealthy	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+	Hazardous	Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects	Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

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