Dirtied by success? Nigeria is home to city with worst PM10 levels

By Phoebe Parke, for CNN

Updated 0350 GMT (1150 HKT) June 1, 2016

Onitsha -- a city few outside Nigeria will have heard of -- has the undignified honor of being labeled the world's most polluted city, according to <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/air-pollution-rising/en/" target="_blank">data </a>released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016.
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Onitsha – Onitsha -- a city few outside Nigeria will have heard of -- has the undignified honor of being labeled the world's most polluted city, according to data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016.
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The booming port city in southern Nigeria, recorded 30 times more than the WHO's recommended levels of particulate matter concentration.
Photos: The worst cities in Africa for pollution
Onitsha – The booming port city in southern Nigeria, recorded 30 times more than the WHO's recommended levels of particulate matter concentration.
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