Excessive focus of mud is within the air all throughout Cyprus and susceptible teams are warned to be cautious.
That is what the Division of Labour Inspection introduced on Wednesday, including that youngsters, older folks and people with respiratory issues are urged to keep away from going out.
As a result of the small measurement of respirable particles in mud could have unfavorable results on their well being.
Furthermore, employers should take acceptable measures (organisational and/or technical) after assessing any dangers that their workers could face whereas working in open areas, and it’s endorsed that staff in such areas use acceptable means of private safety.
Intimately, the most recent hourly mud concentrations measured at 8:00 am within the following areas are:
Nicosia: 70.3 μg/m3
Limassol: – μg/m3
Larnaca: 54.3 μg/m3
Paralimni: 63.4 μg/m3
Paphos: 165.2 μg/m3
Zygi: 53.5 μg/m3
Agia Marina Xyliatou: 31.7 μg/m3
It’s famous that “mud” refers to respirable particulate matter of a diameter smaller than 10 μm (PM10) within the air.
In keeping with the related laws, a restrict worth to not be exceeded is about for the day by day common concentrations at 50 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter).
Extra data on the measured pollutant concentrations and real-time updates is offered on-line at www.airquality.gov.cy, and in addition by the free cellular utility “Air High quality Cyprus”.