New York City air becomes some of the worst in the world as Canada wildfire smoke blows in

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The sky in Manhattan turned a hazy shade of orange as Canadian wildfires continue to cause poor air quality in the northeastern U.S., posing a health danger to millions of people.

raging across Canada has created a thick haze across New York City's iconic skyline, nearly fading out the Statue of Liberty and high-rises. The quality of air has become so bad in the past few days that now, the city has some of the worst air pollution in the world. and pollution out of 100 tracked countries, according to Swiss air quality technology company IQAir.

annual air quality guideline valueThis is a stark difference from the typical air in New York City, which IQAir says has had an AQI of less than 50, classified as"good," in recent years. for unknown reasons, Washington, D.C., according to the company, has an AQI of 180 – 22.3 times the WHO's recommendation – which would place it just behind Delhi.

 

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