Most Air Quality Meters Are in the Red Due to Sand Drift

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The air quality in the capital area is poor and most meters are in the red because of this. The main cause is sand drift from the South due to a strong southeasterly wind in dry weather. Svava S. Steinarsdóttir, a health officer at the Reykjavík Health Inspectorate, says that street dust also mixes with the sand drift, but what mainly causes these high values on the meters is dust that comes from elsewhere. The highlands and the sands in the Sou…