Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Environmental issues in Spain
Third of Spaniards breathing polluted air above EU safety limits, says World Health Organization
New study finds that 95% of population is exposed to unhealthy contamination levels
Car pollution is responsible for many premature deaths.
New research has found that 36 percent of the Spanish population, around 16.8 million people, is breathing air whose pollution levels exceed the EU’s legal limits.
The Annual Air Quality Report, drafted by the green group Ecologists in Action, and using 2013 data, warns that if stricter recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO) are taken as a standard, then 95 percent of Spanish citizens have been exposed to unhealthy pollution levels.
This percentage coincides with the latest air quality study conducted by the European Environment Agency, which says that around 90 percent of Europe’s urban population is exposed to air pollutants that the WHO considers harmful to people’s health.
The new document, which used official data from 705 measuring stations, notes that the most problematic pollutants are nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, tropospheric ozone and particulate matter. Diesel engines are a major source of pollution in cities.
“International health authorities estimate the number of premature deaths [in Spain] at 20,000 a year” due to complications arising from air pollution, said Miguel Ángel Ceballos, one of the report coordinators, at the study presentation.
This figure is 12 times higher than road accident fatalities.
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
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Monday, 29 September 2014
Video Contest: Europe
Tercera Convocatoria Concurso "Objetivo Europa"
El
fin de este concurso consiste en promover una mejor comprensión de la
Europa comunitaria, de la diversidad de su cultura y de los valores
comunes que constituyen los pilares de la construcción europea, así como aportar ideas al debate sobre el futuro de la Unión Europea.
En el Boletín Oficial de Cantabria se publica la convocatoria con las bases de la tercera edición del concurso escolar “Objetivo Europa”.
Este certamen, dirigido a los alumnos de Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y
ciclos de Grado Medio de los centros educativos de Cantabria y que consiste
en la realización de un vídeo, tiene como finalidad hacer reflexionar a
los jóvenes sobre Europa y el proceso de integración comunitario,
para promover así una mejor comprensión de la Unión Europea, sus
valores comunes y su diversidad.
El plazo de presentación de solicitudes finaliza el 31 de octubre. Para más información pueden dirigirse a la Oficina de Asuntos Europeos (Hernán Cortés, 9-1º Santander. 942 20 85 44 – cantabriaeuropa@cantabria.es).
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