Pollution: The Hit Parade

As a follow up to yesterday's blog, here are some stats: You don't want to live in Pakistan or in Afghanistan; these are worst countries in terms of pollution. As you might have guessed, Egypt, India or China aren't as bad, but are still terrible.

You'd want to like in Europe, US and Canada or Australia and New Zealand, not to mention Iceland. If you look at Cities the worst is Peshwar in Pakistant with reading of 540 (PM10) and 111 (PM 2.5). Dehli is 286/153, Cairo135/75, Mexico City 93/25 and Tel Aviv 67/23.

Among the best places to live: Jackson Hole, Wyoming 11/6. As for Annecy, France 32/25, eat your heart out; you're a tiny bit better than Los Angeles 33/20.

There's just one caveat I must mention with that WHO study; the numbers apply to year round levels. Winter season, in most of these places is a totally different and uglier story!