Rio de Janeiro: air pollution kills more than traffic accidents
The traffic jams in Rio de Janeiro have skyrocketing due to the numerous interventions and works at various points in the city, which has caused more damage to the health of our citizens than hours lost, according to the least one Car.Between 2006 and 2012, 36,194 people died as a result of diseases caused by air pollution, according to a survey of Health and sustainability Institute (ISS). This number is even more alarming when compared with the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents between 2006 and 2011: according to data from the map of Violence from 2013, 16,441 people died in Rio de Janeiro, i.e. less than half of the deaths from pollution, according to the Jornal do Brazil.Also according to the study of the ISS, on average, 14 people died in Rio de Janeiro a day due to air pollution. In addition, the survey estimates that the deaths because of pollution can exceed the records of death by HIV, breast cancer and prostate in the State of Rio de Janeiro, same as pollutant emissions decrease over the years.About 77% of the pollution in the Rio de Janeiro results from emission from cars, concludes the study. Second Evangeline Motta Pacheco, Director of ISS and coordinator of the study, "measuring parameters of pollution in the State is lagged. Therefore, the research used data from the World Health Organization (who), who come to be three times more stringent than the Brazilian legislation. Based on these data, the survey showed that in the State of Rio de Janeiro the pollution rate is two times higher than what is determined by who "."There are cities in the State [Rio de Janeiro] in which the rate is three times greater, but that's just the average per year. While conducting the study, when we analyze the relationship of emissions per day, we found that these amount to be between six to ten times higher than is considered to have a minimal effect on health "alerts.The traffic of Rio de Janeiro has arrived to be ranked as the third worst in the world, in 2012, and the situation seems to have improved over the years. In 2013, a study indicated that the time that Brazilians spend in traffic has exceeded the time of congestion in Sao Paulo.Foto: epSos. de/Creative Commons
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