China pollution levels hit 20 times safe limit

The economy growth in China turns on the red light to stop the increase of air pollution this year. The title of this article said 20 times over the safe limit for human health that means, according to WHO, each person can breathe 25 micrograms of PH2.5 (small pollutant particles) per cubic meter but near Beijing the figures are 500 micrograms of PH2.5 per cubic meter. The high levels of air pollution affect drastically the visibility on the streets in northern China.

The authorities declared an orange alert in Beijing. Today the public disagreement to this health problem it’s present. The government takes matters in and said that coal use in some areas is restricted. Greenpeace East Asia crew sends a message above the walls of a historic building in Beijing: “BLUE SKY NOW!”

Some meetings will take place in Beijing this same year with the purpose to cut the emissions of pollutants and make work the environmental regulations on this country.

Opinion

The problem keeps growing up. China is not the only one focus on air pollution emissions however this is a normal result of economic growth in any country on the world. The only way is taking actions and following regulations and measures made for everybody.

The companies should consider decrease the emissions of air pollution, looking for another electric sources and think in the future, if there are not people in world then, who would be the first consummators?. For me Greenpeace is a great movement but maybe is not enough because they fight alone for the world’s health. We should hope that the meetings in Beijing prove the importance of a world’s movement against the air pollution.

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AFP. October 10 2014. 9.14 BST. China pollution levels hit 20 times safe limit. The Guardian, UK. Taken from http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/10/china-pollution-levels-hit-20-times-safe-levels