Tehran's Air Pollution Worsens - Sulfur Dioxide Levels Surpass Levels Found In Bangladesh, India

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials once again issued solemn warnings about the high level of air pollution in the capital city of Tehran, declaring that the level of sulfur dioxide in the city has even passed the level of the same pollutant in India and Bangladesh. "Tehran is experiencing higher level of sulfur dioxide than India and Bangladesh," Director of Tehran's Air Quality Control Company (AQCC) Yousef Rashidi said on Monday.

Warning that Tehran's air pollution has exceeded the standard level, he regretted that the environmental standard of pollutants in exhaust in the capital city does not even meet the Euro-2 standard, while according to the international norms such pollutants should pass the codes specified in Euro-3 and Euro-4.

He criticized the officials in Tehran for lack of action in controlling sources of air pollution in the capital, saying they have not kept their words on upgrading 20 percent of the gas stations to the level of Euro-4. "Samples recently taken from the filling stations indicate that they are far from the standard level," Rashidi complained.

He further pointed out that high purchase prices have cost Iran a lack of necessary tools and equipment to measure the level of certain pollutants.

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