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Current Situation of Air Pollution in Taiwan

by Yu Hsuan Huang | 15-03-2019 02:55 recommendations 0

Air pollution in Taiwan is the social issue that most people pay attention to in all pollution. Because the degree of harm of air pollution is compared with other levels of pollution, it is like water pollution, such as soil pollution, like marine pollution, which is directly harmful to the health of people's lives.

 

Therefore, this study selected the Taichung City of Taiwan as a research sample with air pollution quality more serious than other counties and cities. At the outset, we first quote international data to explain what external costs of air pollution will be caused internationally. The next step is to quantify the overall prevention and control methods of air pollution in Taiwan. Finally, we will streamline the prevention and control of air pollution in Taichung City from 2005 to 2019. Strategy, and think about whether you can use the above data to develop a better solution.

 

At the beginning, we can learn from international statistics that PM2.5 caused by air pollution in 2010 will lead to 3 million premature deaths worldwide. Taiwan's own air pollution PM2.5 ratio is compared with that of the International Health Organization. The standard is also 2.4 times higher. Excessive air pollution is bound to show the harmful effects of air pollution on the medical data confirmed by the disease. In the same year, the risk of asthma and children's asthma increased to 15%, and stroke, cardiovascular disease and chronic disease. Respiratory diseases are up to 25%.

 

These conditions are the most deadly lung cancer. In the 2019 record, lung cancer caused 9235 deaths due to air pollution. Therefore, if the problem of air pollution is not solved, then the cancer that has been the leading cause of death in 36 years is bound to increase more patients with diseases, which is not a happy thing for environmental maintenance. And because thermal power generation accounts for 70% of Taiwan's power generation, an average of 28% of the harmful SO2, NOX, and CO2 in the air are deriving more harmful effects related to the respiratory tract.

 

As for Taiwan's overall solution, Taiwan generally divides the air control area into three districts, so that the nature conservation area that needs the most maintenance is well maintained, and the trees of the earth's lungs are not poisoned by air pollution. And stop the two thermal power generators in Yunlin County, Taiwan, and the coal use in Taichung has been reduced from 2,100 tons to 1,600 tons per year. From the above examples, we can go deeper into Taichung City's solutions and think about solutions.

 

Taichung Taiwan's air pollution prevention and control strategy is to install 173 clean vehicles with filter filters. The social benefit of installing filter filters is to reduce 0.8 tons of PM2.5 per year. The second policy is to promote the use of public bicycles, so that 5,916,296 people can enjoy the shared economy handled by the government, and the air pollution in the local area will reduce the extra space because of the promotion of mass transit. Finally, in the temples with the largest number of PM2.5 emissions, the system of centralized combustion and PM2.5 monitoring was handled.

 

Finally, we use large-scale construction as the conclusion. The strategy of Taichung is not only to promote the environmental protection concept of each person, but to establish an air quality purification area and a greening base, and cross-unit river protection, and finally to subsidize the catering industry. Filtering equipment, applying green fertilizer to farmland, and controlling the amount of exhaust gas from the project. Starting from the policy, to improve the overall air quality, slowly let us stay away from the pace of cancer.


Reference

https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20180615001697-260405

https://taqm.epa.gov.tw/taqm/tw/YearlyDataDownload.aspx

https://www.epb.taichung.gov.tw/media/289538/631416393971.pdf

https://air.epa.gov.tw/EnvDownload/AirQuality/92%E5%B9%B4%E8%87%B3105%E5%B9%B4%E7%A9%BA%E6%B0%A3%E6%B1%A1%E6%9F%93%E9%98%B2%E5%88%B6%E7%B8%BD%E6%AA%A2%E8%A8%8E/106%E5%B9%B4%E7%A9%BA%E6%B0%A3%E6%B1%A1%E6%9F%93%E9%98%B2%E5%88%B6%E7%B8%BD%E6%AA%A2%E8%A8%8E.pdf

 

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7 Comments

  • Louis Mentor says :
    Hi Yu Hsuan,

    This is another great report to read - air pollution. It was great to read how research was conduected in Taichung City, and these days many researches are being conducted in Seoul City as well. I think many cities in Northern Asia including Taiwan, China, Korea are all facing severe air pollution problem, and in fact, I just saw that in a recent news, it pointed out the fact that there are more and more deaths being caused by the air pollution. Yes, it is a very serious issue and as Taiwanese government is trying out many new policies, same things are happening in Korea as well.

    I believe it will be an interesting thing to observe how governments will react and how our societies will change in accordance with this.

    Excellent job!

    Louis Mentor
    Posted 18-03-2019 12:43

  • Wonhee Mentor says :
    Hello Yu Hsuan.
    Thank you for sharing useful information about the current situation of air pollution in Taiwan and implemented solutions! It??s sorry to hear that many people are suffering from many diseases, some of which can lead people to death. You have made a clear point that air pollution is the pollution that can harm people??s health most directly. In Korea, air pollution is the main environmental issue right now. To make air cleaner, not only one but whole world has to pay attention to this problem and cooperate.
    Keep up the good work!

    Wonhee Mentor
    Posted 17-03-2019 11:20

  • Saba Iakobidze says :
    Hi Yu Hsuan, great report - it is a real challenge in today's world and in my Countries. I believe, this topic is one of the critical directly affecting our lives. Thanks for sharing
    Posted 16-03-2019 13:56

Kushal Naharki

  • Kushal Naharki says :
    Hello Yu Hsuan

    Air pollution has been a global issue. Our capital city Kathmandu has been too been seriously impacted with the problems of the air pollution. Although few strategy has been taken to improve the air quality, strict implementation of the rules and regulation is the major policy to be adapted by the every nation. I do hope that Taiwan will be able to reduce the air pollution.

    Thank you for the beautiful report.
    Keep writing beautiful reports.
    Green cheers from Nepal :) :)

    Yours,
    Kushal Naharki
    Posted 15-03-2019 17:44

  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Hello Yu Hsuan
    The speed at which air pollution harm the environment and human is skyrocketing. It must be brought towards end.
    Thank you so much for this wonderful report.
    Green cheers!
    Posted 15-03-2019 10:15

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