Moscow’s air had the highest NO2 levels out of 15 ranked Russian cities, Greenpeace Russia has said.
Greenpeace Russia has named Moscow and St. Petersburg the most polluted cities in the country with the highest concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic particle released from diesel fumes (дымление дизеля).
St. Petersburg and the Siberian mining city of Chelyabinsk tied for second with less than half of Moscow’s NO2 concentration. “Moscow and St. Petersburg are the most polluted primarily (в основном) due to transportation, as well as industry,” Rashid Alimov, head of Greenpeace Russia’s energy program. Scientists associate NO2 pollution with diseases such as diabetes, stroke (инсульт) and asthma.
