Excessive focus of mud within the air was recorded on Thursday and authorities have known as on employers to take all needed measures to guard labour staff.
Authorities have additionally known as on susceptible teams of society to remain indoors till the mud subsides.
Measurements at 7:00am from floor stations of the Air High quality Monitoring Community confirmed the next:
Nicosia: 96.4 μg/m3
Limassol: 35 μg/m3
Larnaca: 61.7 μg/m3
Paphos: 52.7 μg/m3
Paralimni: 49 μg/m3
Zygi: 36.6 μg/m3
Agia Marina Xyliatou: 46.3 μg/m3
“Mud” refers to respirable particulate matter of a diameter smaller than 10 μm (PM10) within the air.
Based on 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 info on the measured pollutant concentrations and real-time updates is on the market on-line at www.airquality.gov.cy, and likewise by means of the free cellular utility “Air High quality Cyprus”.