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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nastiest and the dirtiest place known to man. |
hornyofife:www.nairaland.com/attachments/5535356_cracks1_jpeg1d491ab30bff0af18de8dcc8ac3d8287 www.nairaland.com/attachments/5535357_cracks3_jpegfe073bd3110e1c3eaf2ee3d550600d8f www.nairaland.com/attachments/5535358_cracks2_jpegb7c83461acd888f4ec1780c44d5a5ddd www.nairaland.com/attachments/5535359_cracks_jpeg987e4c42e7eeb9b84d212523344a882d www.nairaland.com/attachments/5536748_br_jpegc8117c630082344e94d7be0bf2d0edc6 www.nairaland.com/attachments/6515274_fbimg1515257544802_jpeg7ab599e711f29cc8b8b0ec23f36d1372 . Onitsha, World's Dirtiest City https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160520175007-onitsha-traffick-pollution-super-169.jpg https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160520175006-onitsha-pollution-super-169.jpg https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/onitsha-traffic.jpg https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/onitsha-traffic.jpg https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/boys-litter.jpg https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tire-fire.jpg Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile. When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless. This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air. Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3. PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s. In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub. The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air ^^^^^^^^ that's what the UN said about your dirty and stinking village... |
[s] 01Alpha:[/s] I did not ask you to cey or bore me with more ignorant rambling, I asked you to show us official government documentation and references that says your abia and anambra village is part of the Delta Do that or sgut up. |
[s] imhotep:[/s] STFU if you have nothing sane and rational t talk about. |
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