Live healthy and long
Please find the latest site on Metro Manila air pollution watch.
COPD caused by air pollution is now the 4th cause of mortality in the PHL. Despite the passage of CAC (Clean Air Act of 1999) air pollution continues to be unabated) . Worldwide, air pollutants killed 6 million worldwide, according to WHO. It used to be only 2 million in 2007. Majority of the victims are from China, with more than half of them caused by internal pollution (pollution from wood burning stoves in the house)
The more lethal air pollutants are the PM2.5, those pollutants we cant see - they are nano particles 30x smaller than human hair.
The PHL agencies, as led by its senior manager has followed the mandate of the law to monitor only the much larger particulates: PM 10
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Who will shoulder the cost of this air pollution? How many will be sick or die of respiratory diseases or cancer?
Live healthy and long
Visibility is very poor because of heavy pollution
I again took photos of the air above Laguna Lake and the other coastal municipalities. The cold morning air, still air, and cloudy skies made the air pollution worse.
My throat is itchy; a number of people I know have colds and/or asthma attacks.
Right now, the effect on human health and lives will not be felt. But 5 to 10 years down the road it will be.
How many will be sick of respiratory diseases, of cancer (from xenoestrogens) how much will it cost? Who will shoulder the cost?
Why is nothing being done? People will act if tens of thousands will be affected, but most especially if the public officials relative, or even his own life is involved?
When shall words be backed up by action?
x Still water; pollution in the air
x Pollution hangs thick over Alabang area
x Heavy haze over the residential area
Who is measuring air pollution? This flood level stick?
I again took photos of the air above Laguna Lake and the other coastal municipalities. The cold morning air, still air, and cloudy skies made the air pollution worse.
My throat is itchy; a number of people I know have colds and/or asthma attacks.
Right now, the effect on human health and lives will not be felt. But 5 to 10 years down the road it will be.
How many will be sick of respiratory diseases, of cancer (from xenoestrogens) how much will it cost? Who will shoulder the cost?
Why is nothing being done? People will act if tens of thousands will be affected, but most especially if the public officials relative, or even his own life is involved?
When shall words be backed up by action?
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