Last year, the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara had more days of atmospheric pollution at a high level than Mexico City (CDMX). In the Jalisco city, 16 days were recorded with very poor air quality; that is, with more than 150 points of the Metropolitan Index of Air Quality ( Imeca ), while in CDMX only four days met this criterion.
Sebastián Gradilla, director of Protection and Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development (Semadet), explains that the measurement of the Imeca between both cities is comparable because the same methodology is used for its calculation, which is the . . .
