Sand or desert dust can add to the air pollution. In Cairo's case, the city is in a valley and has a large industrial sector, tons of traffic, poor waste management, and a dusty climate, according ...

The World Health Organization does not rank cities based on levels of outdoor air pollution, but data it compiled covering 2008-2013 show Cairo is more polluted than Bangkok, Mexico City and Beijing.

Air pollution in Cairo is estimated to cause between 10,000 to 25,000 additional deaths per year. In response, the government and several donor agencies are collaborating to monitor pollution and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the air pollution in downtown Cairo is 10 to 100 times above the level considered safe. ...

But the slowdown also has cut air pollution by more than a third in Cairo, a city once ranked as one of the world's 10 dirtiest.

In total, air pollution caused about 4.2 million deaths in 2016, according to the WHO. ... Varanasi and Kanpur in India; Cairo; and Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, also show higher levels.

Cairo tops the list. Los Angeles is the only US city on the list and comes in tenth. ... air pollution (284 PM10), light pollution (14,900 μcd/m2) and noise pollution (1.7).

An Egyptian movie star who rose to fame in the 1950s planted the seeds of one of Cairo’s best kept ... Inside Mazhar Botanic Garden, a natural remedy to Cairo’s notorious air pollution. Story ...

“It has been a long time since I breathed such fresh air here and saw the sky clean like that,” observed Fathi Ibrahim, a 52-year-old resident of downtown Cairo. Thick pollution – from vehicles, ...

In total, air pollution caused about 4.2 million deaths in 2016, according to the WHO. ... Varanasi and Kanpur in India; Cairo; and Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, also show higher levels.