Seoul City Issues Fine Dust Advisory... "Wear Hwangsa Mask"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] The Seoul Metropolitan Government's Institute of Health and Environment announced that it issued a fine dust advisory at 7 p.m. on the 19th.

This is the first fine dust advisory issued in the Seoul area in about six months since 3 p.m. on May 7. The advisory was issued because the hourly average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM-2.5) in Seoul's 25 districts remained above 75㎍/㎥ for two consecutive hours. The average fine dust concentrations were 83㎍/㎥ and 96㎍/㎥ at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively, on that day.

The Institute of Health and Environment estimated that the fine dust concentration increased due to stagnant air flow caused by a high-pressure system around the Korean Peninsula, the inflow of air pollutants from abroad, and additional domestic fine dust.

Shin Yong-seung, director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Institute of Health and Environment, said, "Citizens with respiratory or cardiovascular diseases, the elderly, and children should refrain from going outside as much as possible and wear yellow dust masks when going out."

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