SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Ozone-alert days in Seoul have totaled 31 so far this year, a sharp rise from just three for all of 2015, the city government said Wednesday, advising citizens to take precautions against adverse respiratory and other health effects. The number of alerts issued in the city also jumped to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Ozone level alerts were issued on nine days in Seoul in June, the highest monthly tally since the warning system was first introduced in 1995, the city government said Wednesday. The average ozone concentration level also reached a record 0.044 parts per million (ppm), leading to an average 0.031 [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest report from the Korea Insurance Research Institute has once again shown South Korea to be more vulnerable to fine dust, also known as PM2.5, than residents of most other OECD member nations. According to the report, the repercussions of prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter are deadly. [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Spring fades into summer, and with the new season comes ozone. Summer has finally arrived in Korea. But its companion, ozone, is what makes the heat more unbearable and suffocating. And the Seoul metropolitan area is suffering the most. According to Air Korea, a real-time air quality forecast website, [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A scientific study has discovered a correlation between air pollution such as fine dust and ozone, and an increase in depression and suicide. Professor Kim Do-gwan at the Neuropsychiatry Center of Samsung Medical Center argued that PM-10 increases depression and raises suicide rates. A research team led by Kim analyzed the [...]