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Air quality index (AQI) and PM2.5 air pollution in Quezon City
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US AQI LIVE AQI INDEX

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162

OVERVIEW

What is the current air quality in Quezon City?

QUEZON CITY AIR QUALITY MAP Air pollution level Air quality index Main pollutant

Real-time Quezon City air pollution

Unhealthy 162 US AQI PM2.5
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Pollutants Concentration
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PM2.5 76.7 µg/m³

PM2.5 concentration in Quezon City

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is currently 15.3 times the WHO
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LIVE AQI CITY RANKING

Tuesday, Sep 19 Moderate 61 AQI US
Real-time Philippines city ranking
Wednesday, Sep 20 Moderate 66 AQI US
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Thursday, Sep 21 Moderate 93 AQI US

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15:00, Sep 22 (local time) Today Unhealthy 162 AQI US 100%

SE E WO RLD AQ I RA NKING Saturday, Sep 23 Moderate 55 AQI US 100%

Sunday, Sep 24 Good 44 AQI US 100%

Monday, Sep 25 Good 43 AQI US 90%

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1 Unioil Mayon 162 150

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AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS FOR QUEZON CITY

What is the air quality index of

Quezon City?

Quezon City is a highly urbanized city and the most populous city
in the Philippines. It was the capital city of the Philippines from
1948 until 1976 when it was replaced by Manila. A 2015 census
estimated the population to be in the region of 3 million people.

In early 2021, Quezon was experiencing “Moderate” quality air

with a US AQI number of 61. This is based on the suggested
levels by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The
concentration of Pollutant PM2.5 was 16.1 µg/m³.

In neighbouring Metro Manilla, the average reading for 2019 was

“Moderate”, with readings between 12.1 and 35.4 µg/m³.

What is the main source of air

pollution in Quezon City?

With an area of 161 square kilometres, Quezon City is the most

populous city in the Philippines, centrally located in Metro Manila.
Concentrations of fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) are 1.8 times
greater than the safe level established by the World Health
Organisation. The road transport sector was the source of a huge
69 per cent of PM2.5 emissions in the city. Quezon City is taking
definitive measures in order to reduce deaths and diseases often
associated with poor air quality.

What is the history of the

pollution level in Quezon City?

The population of Manila has grown faster than that in any other
city since 1970 and many of these inhabitants live in the shadow
of power stations and industrial plants. Smog is constantly seen
hovering above the city and over 2 million vehicles ply for space
on the city’s congested roads. Pedestrians, very wisely, are seen
with face masks covering their noses and mouths.

According to findings from the WHO, the level of lead in the air is
more than three times the permitted standard. Concentration
levels of PM2.5 and PM10 are also dangerously high.

The proposed legislation would phase out the use of leaded fuel
as soon as possible, reduce industrial emissions, promote
recycling, phase out vehicles over 15 years old, ban open-air
incineration, and drastically increase fines for the owners of
polluting vehicles.

It has been noticed that the rush-hour traffic moves at just 7

km/hr which is the slowest of any Asian city. Investing in an
overhead light rail system seems to be the most feasible move
forward as the best way to reduce some of the congestion.
Currently, there is just one 30 km stretch of overhead rail.

Is air pollution in Quezon City

getting better or worse?

Due to the extensive use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics

displays, the quality of air in Quezon City is very often poor at the
start of a new year, due to the celebrations. The monitoring
station at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City
recorded PM2.5 levels of 369 µg/m. The PM2.5 levels in the city
fall under the category of extremely dangerous. This means it is
no longer deemed safe to go outside without wearing a face
mask, and that is not always safe.

What can be done to improve

the air quality in Quezon City?

As part of the Anti-Smoke Belching Program which has been

adopted in Metro Manila, the Environmental Protection and Waste
Management Department in Quezon City is conducting daily
roadside testing of vehicle exhaust levels to check up on the
levels of PM2.5 emissions. It was soon discovered that a mere 7
per cent of all tested vehicles gave off emissions within an
acceptable level. The remaining 93 per cent were advised to have
their vehicles serviced.

Quezon City has introduced an Environment Code that is

intended to protect the environment through the introduction of
policies which will ensure the quality and safety of air, land and
water and help protect biodiversity.

In 2019 the city signed the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration,
which will help it attain the goals set out in the Paris Agreement.
Within a few years, they will establish acceptable levels of the
pollutants and create targets in order to attain these levels. This
should enable them to meet the standards laid down by the World
Health Organisation's air quality guidelines for Particulate Matter
(both PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3) and
sulphur dioxide (SO2).

As a member of the C40 Clean Air Cities group, there are many
suggestions that need to be implemented in order to reach the
target. These include the expansion of zero-emission public
transport and the creation of low or zero-emission zones, the
encouragement of walking and/or cycling throughout the city in
designated safe areas. The implementation of vehicle restrictions
through either incentives or disincentives so as to reduce their
numbers in the city centre. Other sectors which will need
attention are city-owned vehicle emissions, the cleaning up of
construction sites and equipment, the reduction of industrial
emissions and from domestic wood burning, the expansion of
affordable clean energy for cooking and heating and the
restriction of pollution from solid waste burning and the
encouragement to make the city greener through the planting of
trees and creation of green spaces.

What are the effects of

breathing Quezon City’s poor
quality air?

A recent survey by the Philippine Paediatric Society asked

doctors to describe the most common illnesses that they treated.
The response was unanimously the same: diseases of the upper
respiratory tract are the most common.

Urine samples taken from children who live and beg in the worst
areas of the city were found to have 7 per cent lead
concentrations in their system.

Several doctors reported that their middle-class patients who

were more affluent than most kept their children indoors for most
of the time. They use ionisers and air purifiers to combat the
heavily polluted outdoor conditions, but in doing so, often create
other problems due to lack of physical exercise. The number of
children suffering from obesity is on the rise, possibly because of
this.

Even young strong healthy people experience health impacts

from being exposed to polluted air. The actual risk of adverse
effects depends on the current health status of the individual, the
pollutant type and concentration, and the length of exposure to
the polluted air.

High levels can cause immediate problems such as aggravated

cardiovascular and respiratory illness and cell damage to the
respiratory system. Long-term exposure leads to the accelerated
ageing of the lungs which results in loss of capacity and lower
functionality.

Quezon City air quality data attribution

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