Low levels of air pollution have been recorded in Kyiv, but due to fog and high humidity, sensors may show inflated pollution levels, KCSA said on Friday, UNN reports.
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"In Kyiv, as of the morning of January 10, the level of air pollution is low, the radiation background is normal, and no exceedances of pollutants have been recorded," KCSA said in a statement on social media.
According to the KCSA Department of Environmental Protection and Climate Change Adaptation, there is fog in some places, with relative humidity of 97%.
"Under such conditions, some air quality sensors may react to fog as dust. Such meteorological conditions can be interpreted as pollution and lead to inflated readings," the KCSA said.
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