Nine out of ten spaniards breathe polluted air
. About 20,000 people die prematurely each year because of the wind 'unhealthy'
The 87% of the population receives an air that exceeds WHO recommended indexes
The European Commission initiative in January 2009, a procedure against Spain INFRINGEMENT
CONTAMINATION in Madrid. / Photo: File | VCR: Atlas
The 87% of the population espaol an air that exceeds the indices recommended by the World Health organization, according, buying runescape gold, to the report "Air Quality in the State Espaol during 2010 ' Ecologists in action.
The NGO stated that if one takes into account the limits of contamination that makes the European legislacin less demanding (Directive 2008/50/EC), the percentage of affected population descend to 37%. That is, more than 17 million people breathing 'air unhealthy and illegal',, Rift Power leveling, stressed the representative of Ecologists in action Paco Segura introducing document prepared with data that provide the CCAA.
Despite the severity of the medical evaluation, noted, "contains slight improvement trend started since 2008, especially the effect of the Economic crisis." Among the causes of his situation, include: the reduction in mobility caused by the crisis (automocin fuel consumption dropped again in 2010, this time, sto energy credits , by 2.1%), the disminucin electric consumption and the increase of renewable energies, which results in lower plant operating Trmice (35% less than those of charcoal, for example).
Rounding out the sequel to this list of unstable weather that favors the scatter of pollutants (the last sequa Conclude in 2006) and, lastly, the evolution of the park to veh automovilstico Smallest asses and efficient and therefore less polluting. Segna Segura, 20,000 people die each year prematurely in Spain due to CONTAMINATION.
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The pollutants originate more health problems are the particles in suspension (PM10 and PM2, 5), troposfrico ozone (O3) Nitrogen Dioxide and (NO2). For the percentage of Population valoracin espaol breathing polluted air is taken into account all these pollutants along with sulfur Dioxide (SO2).
For environmentalists in action, the air CONTAMINATION is a matter 'very serious' and yet, Administrations estn not taking steps to fix it. Therefore, recalled that the European Commission initiative in January 2009, a procedure against Spain INFRINGEMENT for breach of regulations on air quality, "who is about to take the Court of Justice. "
Segna the NGO and citizen information is "neither adequate nor adjusted to the severity of the problem." On the Economic impact, the report has said that the costs of atmosfrica CONTAMINATION represent between 1.7% and 4.7% of GDP Spanish.
The various factors, criteria and situacin stations CONTAMINATION medicine, prevent, according to environmentalists in action, prepare a comparative table of contamination by regions, although signal to Madrid and Barcelona as the two cities more polluted of Spain, due to traffic.