The pollution in parts of Sydney is so bad that breathing it in all day is equivalent to smoking dozens of cigarettes a day.
Bushfires surrounding Sydney will again pollute parts of the city today, following on from another day of “poor” air quality yesterday.
The most highly polluted areas of Sydney, in the southwest, registered 680 PM2.5. yesterday, according toAccording to an app that compares pollution with smoking, that reading was the equivalent of 34 cigarettes if someone breathed in the air all day.has crunched the numbers for other parts of the state – showing that breathing air outside all day in the city’s east yesterday was similar to smoking 19 cigarettes, while Port Macquarie hit 17 ciggies a day and Lismore 20.
Smoke from bushfires continues to affect large parts of NSW, reducing air quality. If you have a chronic respiratory or heart condition follow these tips from Dr Richard Broome.
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