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These colourful stripes can tell you how polluted your city is

SmogStripes is an easy-to-read air quality guide. Each stripe represents a period of time, such as a day or year. A green stripe means safe and breathable air that meets WHO standards. But when pollution exceeds safe guidelines the stripe turns from green to red.

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