Excessive concentrations of mud within the air on Tuesday

Excessive concentrations of mud are noticed within the air at present, Tuesday, in response to measurements from floor Stations of the Air High quality Monitoring Community operated by the Division of Labour Inspection.

The general public, and notably any susceptible teams of inhabitants (kids, older individuals, and the infirm) are urged to keep away from circulating in open areas till the noticed episode has elapsed, because the small dimension of respirable particles in mud could have detrimental results on human well being.

Employers should take acceptable measures (organizational and/or technical) after assessing any dangers that their workers could face whereas working in open areas, and it is strongly recommended that staff in such areas use acceptable means of non-public safety.

Intimately, the most recent hourly mud concentrations measured at 8:00 am within the following areas are: Lefkosia: 60.4 μg/m3, Lemesos: 100.6 μg/m3, Larnaka: 64.8 μg/m3, Paralimni: 61.7 μg/m3, Pafos: 80.4 μg/m3, Zygi: 54.6 μg/m3, Agia Marina Xyliatou: 29.4  μg/m3.