Smog city, Iran. (the air pollution in Tehran is perhaps the worst in Asia)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: August 24, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

TEHRAN

AS HER father pushes her between ten lanes of traffic on a road designed for six, the small girl in the wheelbarrow is choking on some of the worst air in Asia: that of Tehran, which has grown in 50 years from 300,000 people to 7.5m. Concentrations of nasty gases are recorded at 20 times the level that the World Health Organisation says is acceptable. And since Tehran sits in a bowl of hills, the dirty air just sits on Tehran.

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