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Jordan: Gov’t to step up monitoring of air pollution levels

Wed, 2016-07-06 12:54

Jordan: Plans are in place to set up new stations to monitor air pollution in industrial areas, officials at the Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday. 

The ministry will also enhance the performance of the 14 stations currently set up in Amman, Irbid and Zarqa, which are electronically linked to the ministry to test air pollution levels, Environment Minister Yaseen Khayyat said in a statement. 

[Full article here | Photo by Neal Patel]

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