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Air Pollution in Sierra Leone |
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by Joseph Garrick | 01-05-2019 15:37
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Air pollution is the emission of harmful particles such as dusts, gases, smokes or bad odor into the atmosphere. It is a major cause of many diseases in Sierra Leone. The country is presently rated as 17th most vulnerable countries in terms of air pollution. This is because about 95% of the total population uses charcoal or wood as a source of fuel for cooking and other related activities. The major sources of air pollution in cities especially the capital Freetown, are exhaust emissions of vehicles, road and building companies, and industrial activities all of which produces harmful gases into the atmosphere. Freetown alone is responsible for the emission of about 60% of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Sierra Leone as compared to many develop countries are not a major contributor of Air pollution but yet still they are amongst the most vulnerable countries to suffer the harmfull effects of air pollution. Most of the harmful emissions comes mainly from domestic sources such as smoke from kitchen, bush fire, and burning of trashes., dust generated from the ground often in the dry season. The gases produced are mostly from Carbon monoxide and Carbon dioxide which are emitted from automobile exhaust pipes.
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7 Comments
Hello Joseph
Thank you for your report about air pollution in Sierra. I believe that together we can beat air pollution. we can't stop breathing but we can stop pollution.
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 17-06-2019 04:37
Hello Joseph
Thank you for your report on air pollution in Sierra Leone. Excessive transportation and burning charcoal can cause serious air pollution as you have pointed out. I think transportation is the most common cause of air pollution in most nations. Thank you for sharing this with us! : )
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 05-05-2019 20:38
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for writing about air polltuion in SIerra Leone in this report, and I learned a lot from your report. Please keep us updated with this information. Great work! :)
Louis Mentor
Posted 03-05-2019 01:43
Greetings Joseph,
Wow. Thank you for sharing with us about the air pollution in Sierra Leone.
Please keep us updated on this matter, perhaps about some steps taken by government or its citizens.
Keep up the great work!
Posted 02-05-2019 16:18
Hello Joseph
Thank you so much for stating about sierra.
It is very sad to know about all these facts but it is prevalent not only in sierra but is also the problem of other nations.
Green cheers!
Posted 02-05-2019 09:47
Hello, Joseph!
Thank you for sharing about the situation in Sierra Leone! Hope everything will be okay.
Green sheers from Tashkent!
Vazira.
Posted 02-05-2019 03:12
Hi Joseph,
Seems like the situation is alarming in Sierra. hope local citizens and govt. authorities take needful decisions to mitigate this as soon as possible. Thanks for sharing!
Posted 01-05-2019 16:30