CDMX Chokes in Longest Pollution Alert in 2 Decades Chris Baynes - The Independent
go to original May 21, 2017

Murky skies and high ozone levels have led authorities Mexico City to ban thousands of cars from the road (AP)

Update: Phase 1 of Environmental Alert Continues in the Valley of Mexico (The News)

Authorities in Mexico City have ordered cars off the streets and warned people about exercising outdoors as the sprawling metropolis chokes in its worst smog for nearly two decades.

Hundreds of thousands of less efficient vehicles have been banned from the roads in the Mexican capital, where a pollution alert has been in place since Monday.

Ozone levels topped the 150-point threshold that typically triggers a smog alert for the following day again on Friday.

... Children, elderly people, pregnant women, and people with respiratory and cardiovascular problems are urged to stay indoors between 1pm and 7 pm.

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Related: Traffic Pollution Linked To Premature Aging and Asthma - and Children Are More Vulnerable to the DNA Damage Caused By Vehicle Exhausts (MailOnline)

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