'Where can you hide from pollution?': cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city

Lebanon's economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and health Smog hangs over Beirut most days, a brownish cloud that darkens the city's skyline of minarets and concrete towers. An estimated 8,000 diesel generators have been powering Lebanese cities since the nation's economic collapse in 2019. The generators can be heard, smelled and seen on the streets, but their worst impact is on the air the city's inhabitants ...