Metro manila air pollution watch

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This is a presentation on Metro Manila air pollution. The pictures and content have come from airpollutionkills.blogspot.com. It depicts the sorry state of air quality in Metro Manila and the seeming inaction of the public sector, The slide aims to educate and evoke action from the stakeholders and evoc

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METRO MANILA AIR POLLUTION WATCH

There are not many articles/slideshare on Metro Manila air pollution

Yet deaths from air pollution continues to grow in number

There are more deaths from air pollution than caused by Malaria and AIDS combined

6 million died from air pollution in 2012 - WHO

DENR continues to announce that air pollution in MM has been abated;

It insists that measurement of PM 10 is the best measure;

WHO says it is PM 2.5 – the deadlier PM that must be measured

DOTC has recently relaxed rules for LTO emission tests;

The emission testing centers are not strict; they can be persuaded to pass erring vehicles

Pollution beyond the lake

Haze right at Makati CBD

BGC at dusk; air heavy with smoke pollutants

The sun cant vaporize PM

Pollution viewed from Barkadahan bridge

Pollution in Makati CBD up close and personal

Air Pollution of BGC viewed from C6

Air pollution view from Napindan chanel

Air pollution affects both rich and poor alike

Air pollution view from the mountain

Pollution view in the city

Pollution at EDSA central

Diesel powered jeepneys

Tricycles too are culprits

Hot weather can not remove air pollutants

Pollution viewed from a mountain top

Bonfires contribute to growing air pollution

Bonfires to burn the leaves

The church in the sky and air pollution at MM

Air pollution views from Rockwell

Pollution at Angono and Binangonan

Air pollution views from San Carlos Heights

View of San Carlos Hts from the ground

Visibility is poor from air pollution

Burning tires is prohibited under Clean Air Act

Pollution at Taytay, view of a steel plant

Do factories still contribute to air pollution?

Haze at 6:36? Antenna towers at SCH

Prepared by ProfJorge Entrep

Please see blog www.airpollutionkills.blogspot.com