Mexico City faces air pollution ... again

The Atmospheric Monitoring System (Simat) reported a continuous bad air quality over 15 municipalities in the State of Mexico and eight districts in Mexico City.

The agency reported that the municipalities of Ecatepec and Tlalnepantla present 114 Imeca points, meaning that they have the worst air quality in the State of Mexico.

They are followed by Coacalco, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Cuautitlán Melchor Ocampo, Tultepec, Tultitlán, Tonanitla, Nextlalpan, Teoloyucan, Jaltenco, Tepotzotlán, Chalco, Valle de Chalco e Ixtapaluca, with more than a 100 points.

In Mexico City, the districts of Tlalpan, Coyoacán, Xochimilco, Iztacalco, Benito Juárez, Venustiano Carranza, Tláhuac and Gustavo A. Madero face the worst atmospheric quality.

In the rest of the Valley of Mexico, the air quality is just slightly better.