{"id":5675070,"date":"2019-05-09T07:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fimea.fr\/air-pollution-where-on-the-planet-is-it-bad-to-breathe"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:39:29","slug":"air-pollution-where-on-the-planet-is-it-bad-to-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fimea.fr\/en\/air-pollution-where-on-the-planet-is-it-bad-to-breathe","title":{"rendered":"Air pollution: where on the planet is it bad to breathe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.74&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Over 90% of the world&#8217;s population breathes substandard air. This is the alarming figure published on Tuesday September 27 by the World Health Organization. Anne-Laure Barral, environment specialist at France info, explains this result in detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.francetvinfo.fr\/meteo\/particules-fines\/pollution-de-l-air-ou-ne-fait-il-pas-bon-respirer-sur-la-planete_1844601.html\">Full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 90% of the world&#8217;s population breathes substandard air. This is the alarming figure published on Tuesday September 27 by the World Health Organization. Anne-Laure Barral, environment specialist at France info, explains this result in detail. 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