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Fine particulate matter leads to poor air quality across much of Taiwan (2014/02/26)

The recent spell of good weather has been disrupted by increased air pollution. A total of nine regions across Taiwan yesterday saw fine particulate matter indices exceed recommended standards, with the southwest being the worst affected. 

This nurse is distributing boxes of masks to children taking part in outdoor physical education. The air outside is thick with pollution.

Monitoring by the Environmental Protection Administration determined that south central areas had the worst air quality on Tuesday, with one monitoring station in northern Taiwan also exceeding safe standards. Sunny weather over the past few days along with higher temperatures in western Taiwan led to an increase in fine airborne particulate matter, which hasn’t drifted away. This coupled with high ozone concentrations in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area led the EPA to predict that poor air quality could continue on Thursday and Friday.

Hung Yi-lee 
Pediatrician
When the air quality is poor or temperatures rise and fall, dust in the air is more obvious. Haze and some of what shows up in the air pollution index could cause an allergic reaction in some children. 

Doctors say there has been a spike of 10 percent in clinical visits for allergies over the past few days.

空汙罩全台

這幾天天氣晴朗，卻反倒出現空汙霧霾！昨天全台共有九個地區，懸浮微粒指數都超標。其中雲嘉南地區就占了八個，還有一個則在北部，而且未來兩天可能還會持續。環保署說這是本地空氣汙染物無法擴散，與中國霾害無關。

上體育課，護理師還帶著好幾盒口罩，隨班教小朋友，口罩怎麼戴，因為空氣灰濛濛，到戶外通通得先戴上口罩。

環保署監測，周二中南部空氣品質最差，北部也有一個測站超標。而這幾天天氣晴朗，西半部地形加上高溫，使得空氣中懸浮微粒，飄散不出去，加上高屏地區，午後臭氧濃度偏高，環保署預測，周四到周五，空氣品質仍有機會達不良等級。

[[小兒科主治醫師 洪依利]]
“當空氣品質差或是溫度上下的時候，其實塵在空氣中的散播是比較明顯的，當然還有一些空氣污染指數，一些霾害這些，也會造成小朋友會有過敏的現象”

醫師就發現，這幾天臨床上過敏就診的小朋友，比平時多了1成。

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