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Mongolia|life|January 31, 2017 / 05:30 PM
Ulaanbaatar Traffic Police provided with smoke masks

AKIPRESS.COM - Traffic police in the smog-covered Mongolian capital, are now wearing protective face masks while on duty, reports news.mn.

Using special equipment, the ‘Green Crown’ laboratory has examined pollution levels on the clothes of police officers.

According to the MNS 4585:2016 standard, the nitrogen dioxide NO2 level should be 50mkg/m3 in the air; however, traffic police officers inhale more than three to four times this amount of NO2 .

The Mongolian Traffic Police Department has provided 3000 masks to officers in cooperation with the ‘Munkhiin Tsagaan Jim’ LLC. The smoke masks can filter pollution for between 48-72 hours.

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