What does AQG stand for?

A research done by city-based Corporate Accountability Desk shows that the revised Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS) do not even satisfy the basic air quality guidelines laid out by World Health Organisation.

The study demonstrates that there is a strong need for the establishment of air quality guidelines, particularly to safeguard the health of the elderly.

Jim Semerad, manager of permitting and compliance for the state Health Department, said the flare emissions in the state's oil patch are within acceptable air quality guidelines.

Formaldehyde' is a typical airborne agent and one of thirteen volatile organic compounds for which indoor air quality guidelines are in place due to the effects of the substance on the human body, designated by an investigative committee as a possible cause of 'Sick House Syndrome (indoor air contamination as part of a variety of issues that can affect health)', a problem case established and investigated by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in Japan.

But, using a hand held detector to test for airborne particles known as PM10, the BBC found the air there failed to meet the WHO's air quality guidelines on six days out of seven.

The BBC said yesterday that it had conducted its own pollution test and found that Beijing failed to meet the World Health Organisation's air quality guidelines on six out of seven days.

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In addition, they should check that the filter they have selected meets with the American Lung Association's Health House indoor air quality guidelines.