The air pollution level in Belarusian cities remained low from December 17 to 23

December 24, Minsk /BelTA correspondent/. The air pollution level from December 17 to 23 in most monitored cities of Belarus remained low, the Republican Center for Radiation Control and Environmental Monitoring's Department of Information Analysis and Air Pollution Level Forecasting informed BelTA. According to stationary observations, an increase in nitrogen dioxide content in the air was noted in Novopolotsk (Molodezhnaya Street area): maximum concentrations were within 1.1-1.3 MPC. Exceedance of the quality standard for formaldehyde (2.1 MPC) was recorded on December 23 in Brest (Pushkinskaya Street area). Maximum concentrations of PM-10 particulate matter in the areas of Nezavisimosti Avenue and Timiryazeva Street in Minsk were 1.2 MPC, and on Radiyalnaya Street - 2.5 MPC.-0-