A recent news article from
Bloomberg talks about how extreme the air pollution in Shanghai is right
now. The country is taking actions on
reducing the vehicles on roads and the productions in factories to prevent the
haze level from increasing. Because of
the hazardous level of smog in the city, economical and health problems arise.
People walking on streets
need to wear face masks to protect themselves from the heavy smog that can
cause serious diseases such as lung cancer.
People were advised to stay indoors as much as possible. Some flights were even cancelled due to the
thick haze surrounding the city.
What about Philippines? Our country may not be experiencing extreme
pollution as what Shanghai is facing today; but who knows in the next years, we
may face the same situation. People who’ll
live in future generations will be the ones much affected. They have no choice but to endure the
pollution we had caused.
Precautionary measures may
be helpful but this does not solve the problem entirely. Wearing a face mask lessen the polluted air
you inhale, but does not protect you completely. Staying indoors most of the time may be
possible, but you also need to be exposed to the outside world to observe,
learn and understand the world better.
In the small things we do,
we can altogether make a big difference.
We can start by utilizing public transportation. If we were to ride a jeepney instead of our
own private vehicles, there would be at most less seventeen cars on the road,
given that eighteen people ride a jeepney.
In this way, there will be less pollution and at the same time less
traffic on the road.
Let us not wait for our
environmental problems to worsen before we take actions.
Source: Bloomberg News
Source: Bloomberg News
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