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Sunday, October 05, 2008 |
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SPECIAL REPORT: METRO MANILA POLLUTION
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Is Metro Manila air
now cleaner, fresher? |
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Kalikasan shouts: No! Yet anecdotal evidence may
prove MMDA Chair Fernando right. Aside from Marikina, there’s a
haven in Quezon City called Barangay Bagumbayan |
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By Rene Q. Bas, Editor in
Chief
One beautiful Friday in August,
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando
told an interviewer that the air has become fresher and cleaner in
his area of responsibility.
I can say I have noticed that too
in my daily drive up and down EDSA and Roxas Boulevard. Some of my
friends also have felt there is less pollution nowadays.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Yearly, NCR has
5,000 premature deaths caused by polluted air
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Waterborne and water-related
diseases are those caused by protozoa, viruses, bacteria and
intestinal parasites, all pathogenic or disease-causing
microorganisms directly transmitted when contaminated drinking water
is consumed.
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QC’s Barangay
Bagumbayan shows how to cure urban blight
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At first glance, it might just be
the usual Metro Manila barangay—the streets are labyrinthine, with
sari-sari stores just a few meters from each other.
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Economic cost of
pollution is P1.5 billion, 2 percent of GDPReport 4
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Not investing in pollution
mitigation is actually costlier than investing, various studies
point out.
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