Asian cities are increasingly polluted

Air pollution is now serious in Asian cities mainly due to the rapid increase in motorcycles.

According to the United Nations " Urban Air Pollution in Asian Cities " study, scientists warn that air pollution is threatening people's health and quality of life. Asian people.

Indonesian children work on a landfill (Photo: RRIndonesia)

This is really a big challenge for Asia because every year 600,000 people die due to air pollution.

Through the survey, scientists found that concentration of PM10 (harmful to human health and life) produced from motorbike smoke in the air in some cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Hai (China), Jakarta (Indonesia) or New Delhi (India) have reached alarming levels.

According to the author of the study Dieter Schwela, concentration of PM10 concentration in Asian cities is much higher than that of Europe and America. Therefore, 22 Asian countries subject to research should take measures to address the problem of PM10 air pollution.

On December 13, the first Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting discussed the issue of housing and human settlements co-sponsored by the Government of India and the United Nations in the capital. New Delhi with a call to reduce environmental pollution and poverty in urban areas.

Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlement Program Anna Tibaijuka said that Asia-Pacific is the most densely populated area in the world and is considered to be the global economic motivation of the future. Therefore, this area needs to agree on a common vision in efforts to sustainably develop cities like the UN.

SN