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Mexico City is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Significant issues include Air pollution, lack of clear water, subsidence due to overuse of groundwater, and so on. From these various topics, I would like to talk about the city?s Air pollution.
According to the travelers, Mexico city?s air pollution is in such a bad condition that the visitors cannot recognize that this city is surrounded by mountains. It is estimated that ever since Mexico City has been rapidly growing, the air quality worsened. Relating to Air pollution, Times reported that the city?s Ozone levels are almost twice the acceptable limit set by the World Health Organization.
Public Radio International also reported on similar issue. PRI claimed that ever since more than a decade, the Mexico City?s government rang the alarm bells over its air pollution. The city?s air quality has generally improved in Mexico?s capital over last 20 years also, until its reached poor condition back to 90s. Back in 1990s, the locals often said that living here was like smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.
According to United States Environmental Protection Agency, Ozone forms when pollutants coming from vehicles, industries, or power plants( In Mexico City?s case, most likely from their industrial growth in 1960s) and that high Ozone level will cause various health problem due to bad air quality.In response to this, Mexico City decided to remove older and more heavily polluting vehicles, such as cars more than eight years old. However, the Environmental activists argued that this new rule encouraged more cars on the road and thus higher smog levels. Times http://time.com/4259548/mexico-city-air-pollution-/ PRI http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-12/why-mexico-citys-bad-air-cant-be-ignored-or-easily-fixed US EPA?s Airhow https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=pubs.aqiguideozone |
 
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Thanks for sharing.
Posted 22-10-2016 03:41
Wow!!! It really is becoming an issue day by day. Thanks for sharing
Posted 13-10-2016 02:53
Thanks for sharing, Yuna! Though I have never visited Mexico city before, I heard a lot that it is suffering from extreme air pollution. Those images do not seem very good. It may be harsh to live in such a condition. I hope the policies to remove heavily polluting vehicles will relieve the situation.
Posted 12-10-2016 18:04
Yeah Mexico city is really notorious for having one of the worst air pollution problem well partly due to the geographical feature but also much could be enhanced if more attention and resolutions are taken, I believe. Thanks for sharing
Posted 12-10-2016 12:37
Whoa pollution there was at alarming level and it's really sad when it completely block vision like you mentioned many cannot tell if it's mountainous surrounding
Posted 12-10-2016 10:24
Oh! Thanks for sharing
Serious problem in Mexico
Posted 11-10-2016 05:24
I didn't know that Mexico is in the list of most air polluted countries in the world,i think appropriate measures should be taken, before it get to worse stage.
Posted 10-10-2016 16:41
Dear friend ,
Air pollution is real problem all over the world as a result of industry, growing and it is real big issue ,l hope that we can all find solutions for this problem threaten the survival of the object
Posted 10-10-2016 09:30
Mexico air pollution is really at alarming level, it's pathetic for people living there. Government should subsidise public transport and encourage people to use it more and more. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 10-10-2016 03:06