MANILA, Philippines---Days before the New Year's Eve festivities, an environmental group urged the public to turn away from the tradition of blasting firecrackers and fireworks to prevent generating air pollutants that can also put human health at risk.Blowing up firecrackers and fireworks generates "microscopic pollutants" that affect air quality and pose serious health risks, particularly among children, elderly, and persons with cardiovascular, neurological and respiratory conditions, Dr. Maricar Limpin, Secretary of the Philippine College of Physicians, explained. Among the negative effects of inhaling these pollutants are coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, as we...
Keep on reading: Group warns public: Firecracker use harms air quality, poses health risks
from INQUIRER.net https://ift.tt/377twuy
-
MANILA, Philippines --- Train operations in the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) had been suspended on Friday after encountering a techni...
-
Kim Ji Hyun, credited for Sindhu's win in Basel, termed the Indian shuttler as "heartless" in an interview. The coach, who app...
-
Team India was welcomed by clouds and a breeze in Manchester and it has been drizzling since Sunday evening. But Tuesday was especially bad ...
No comments:
Post a Comment