In recent days media says a lot about smog.
What is it? Smog is a type of air pollution. Smog can form in any climate where
there is a lot of air pollution especiallly in cities where this is substantial
amount of transport and factory pollution.
There are several reasons:
There are several reasons:
- volcano eruption emits
- burning of fossil fuels
- pollution from vehicles and industries
- manufacturing of chemicals
sourrce: http://warszawa.onet.pl/smog-w-warszawie-tak-zle-nie-bylo-od-wielu-lat/qestdys
In Poland the situation has been worsening
over the past days. Warnings were issued in several regions of Poland. Citizens
are asked to not to stay outdoors if it’s possible. In many towns and cities authorities
have introduced free transport to minimize the threat.
In Warsaw equipment for measuring pollution recorded at Aleja Niepodległości high concentrations of dust, it was 2-3 times higher than normal. On the website of the Regional Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, you can keep track of how is the level of pollutants in the air - the highest concentration of pollution are recorded in the morning rush.
The problem of Warsaw is the traffic. We have
registered 600 cars per 1 thousand. residents - twice as many as in Berlin,
more than in Vienna and Frankfurt.
33 Polish cities are among the 50 most polluted cities in the EU.
33 Polish cities are among the 50 most polluted cities in the EU.
Smog
is a serious problem in many cities and continues to harm human health. It can inflame breathing passages, cause allergy
and asthma attacks. If it’s inhaled over a long time may cause lung, pharynx and
larynx cancer.
What do you think about the actions undertaken by the authorities?
Do you have any ideas for the fight against smog?
What do you think about the actions undertaken by the authorities?
Do you have any ideas for the fight against smog?
Comments
Will it help anyone? I don't think so.
My only idea is to install some kind of filters which could minimize the amount of pollution produced by our cars or our houses.
I think one of the metods to prevent smog phenomenon might be to introduce restriction areas for cars in city centers based on CO2 emission and people should stop burning trash!
In my opinion free public transport doesn’t have much impact on the air quality because people who have to travel to work by car, won’t switch to bus just because it’s free.
Another aspect of it is that cars aren’t the biggest source of pollution, but people who try to warm their houses by burning trash.
Secondly, I think that there should be high fines for people who use garbage to smoke in a fireplace because that is actually the vast part of the pollution problem in Warsaw.
Secondly, they should prescribe high penalties on people smoking garbage in their fireplaces.
I think it would be fine to minimize the use of cars. Not only for Warsaw, but for the whole planet. Many countries fight against air pollution, and other countries could adopt their experience.
I'm really afraid about smog in Warsaw, because I live here, additionally very close to places where is the biggest concentration of pollution. I saw public campaign about reduction of using cars, resignation from burning plastic things, subsidies to change stoves for newer models and other advises. In my opinion Warsaw should follow other European cities which restrict entrance to their centres and take additional taxes from old cars' owners. Cheaper tickets for public transport would contribute to solving this problem.