A Little Unrational

British Columbia has the worst air quality in North America, due to an excess of forest fires that are drawing support from the federal government.

Not only is air quality currently the worst in the continent but similar to last year, it’s beating out several major areas in Asia, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beijing.

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The interactive map displays near real-time information on particulate matter air pollution that’s less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5).

According to Berkeley Earth, PM2.5 is the most damaging form of air pollution likely to be present and is often linked as contributing to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and respiratory infections, among other diseases.

The data is an accumulation of thousands of surface station measurements from around the globe. The display is only a few hours behind real time, at most.

The “epicentre” of BC’s air pollution stems from the interior of the province, where tens of thousands of hectares of land are currently up in flames.

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British Columbia has the worst air quality in North America, due to an excess of forest fires that are drawing support from the federal government.

Not only is air quality currently the worst in the continent but similar to last year, it’s beating out several major areas in Asia, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beijing.

[…]

The interactive map displays near real-time information on particulate matter air pollution that’s less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5).

According to Berkeley Earth, PM2.5 is the most damaging form of air pollution likely to be present and is often linked as contributing to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and respiratory infections, among other diseases.

The data is an accumulation of thousands of surface station measurements from around the globe. The display is only a few hours behind real time, at most.

The “epicentre” of BC’s air pollution stems from the interior of the province, where tens of thousands of hectares of land are currently up in flames.

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