FIGHTING POLLUTION IN MEDELLIN
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Medell鱈n, Colombia is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" but has struggled with air pollution for over thirty years. While the city has an efficient public transportation system and uses clean fuels, air pollution from the large number of vehicles and factories has caused health issues like bronchitis and pneumonia, resulting in over 12% of deaths in 2017. Additional strategies are needed to reduce factory emissions, as current restrictions on vehicles have not been enough to clean the air in Medell鱈n.
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- 1. Fighting Pollution in Medellin Medell鱈n is a large, modern and innovative city located in Antioquia, Colombia, in South America. It is well known for its green mountains, efficient public transportation system, friendly and hardworking people, beautiful women and flowers and comfortable weather which gives it the nickname of The City of the Eternal Spring. Its numerous museums, parks and libraries promote culture, recreation and entertainment around the city. Bandeja Paisa and Arepas are symbols of its gastronomy. And the internationally known Flowers Festival is annually celebrated there. Unluckily, some environmental issues as air, water and land pollution, climate change, global warming, deforestation, overpopulation, natural disasters and noise pollution affect Medell鱈n. It has been considered the city with the most polluted air in Colombia for more than thirty years, despite the fact it has been trying to clean its air for more than twenty years. Air pollution in Medellin is mainly caused by the increasing number of cars and motorcycles which in 2018 is more than three times bigger than in 2015. Air pollution causes diseases as bronchitis and pneumonia which resulted in the dead of more than 12,3% of peoples deaths in Medell鱈n in 2017. Medellin has electric Metro, Metro Cable and Tramway, gas buses and the cleanest diesel fuel in the country, but this has not been enough to clean its air. It is implementing other strategies as Pico y Placa (plate restriction), Pico y Placa Ambiental (environmental plate restriction), but probably reducing factories pollution emissions is the only additional strategy which can meaningfully reduce air pollution as result. Written by MAYKCOLL YEPES. November 2018