Bangkok Is Asia's 13Th Most-Polluted City

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The other list, from:

http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/51430/asia-has-the-world-rsquo-s-most

Seems they forgot quite a few cities in their "13-Most".

Annual mean PM10 ug/m3

1. Ulan Bataar -279

2. Ludhiana - 251

3. Quetta - 251

4. Peshawar - 219

5. Kanpur - 209

6. Lahore - 200

7. New Delhi - 198

8. Karachi -193

9. Islamabad - 189

10. Lucknow - 186

11. Rawalpindi - 185

12. Indore - 174

13. Agra - 165

14. Langzhou -150

15. Kolkata - 148

16. Xining - 141

17. Urumqi - 140

18. Dhaka - 134

19. Mumbai -132

20. Jinan - 123

21. Beijing - 121

22. Xian - 113

23. Jaipur - 112

24. Medan - 111

25. Chengdu - 111

26. Shenyang -110

27. Varanasi (Benares) - 106

28. Kathmandu Valley - 106

29. Nanjing - 100

30. Hangzhou - 97

31. Yangon - 96

32. Bangalore - 90

33. Mandalay - 87

34. Hyderabad - 87

35. Shanghai - 81

36. Guangzhou - 70

37. Surabaya -69

38. Pusan - 68

39. Kunming - 67

40. Klang Valley - 65

41. Seoul - 64

42. Seongnam & Daegu - 64

43. Saraburi - 59

44. Bangkok - 54

45. Shah Alam - 54

46. Incheon - 54

47. Johor Bahru - 52

48. Ayutthaya - 51

49. Bandung - 51

50. Hong Kong - 50

51. Lhasa - 50

52. Nanning - 50

53. Kuala Lumpur - 49

54. Chennai (Madras) - 48

55. Metro Manila - 47

56. Nakhon Ratchasima - 47

57. Jakarta - 43

58. Ipoh - 42

59. Chiang Mai - 42

60. Haikou - 38

61. Chiang Rai - 33

62. Sandakan - 33

63. Singapore - 29

64. Phuket - 28

65. Chonburi (Pattaya) - 27

66. Osaka - 27

67. Khon Kaen - 24

68. Tokyo - 23

69. Brisbane - 18

70. Christchurch - 17

71. Auckland - 15

72. Perth - 13

73. Sydney - 12

74. Wellington - 11

75. Pekanbaru -11

78. Canberra - 10

Even though I referred to that list earlier (above) as worldwide, ...upon further reflection it looks like Asia-only if, as some people categorize Aus/NZ as part of Asia (which I don't). If the list were truly ww, there would at least be some cities from Africa and S.America and Russia included.

Interesting to note, that though it's a popular past-time to knock the US for all sorts of things, not least saying its cities are polluted, The reality is US cities are relatively clean. Part of the myth was bolstered by the fact that the US didn't support the Kyoto accords. I now realize the wisdom of that decision: It was based largely on the fact that China and India and Indonesia and Pakistan and other mega-polluting countries would be able to skirt around Kyoto provisions, claiming they were 'emerging economies.' Emerging or not, they cannot hide the fact that their cities are mega-polluting, and getting worse each week.