ActionSA alarmed by critical failures in air quality monitoring in Gauteng [SOUND]

# ActionSA in Gauteng says the recent report that only 39-percent of the 39 municipal-owned monitoring stations in the province are fully operational is deeply alarming. The operational stations measure a range of pollutants: six monitor ozone, seven nitrogen dioxide, four carbon monoxide, ten coarse particulate matter, five fine particulate matter and 12 sulphur dioxide. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says without functioning monitoring stations, authorities cannot issue timely warnings, assess compliance with air quality standards: