Essay by : Neidy Andrea
Beltrán
Air
pollution
In recent years, Bogotá, being the capital
of Colombia, has become one of the most
important cities in the country, therefore in the most populated with nearly eight
million of
habitants.
Turning it into a city in total
expansion and growth
not only at a territorial level, its
not only at a territorial level, its
commerce,
its industry and traffic have also
been increased, giving results that it is one of the
cities with the most
pollution in Latin America followed by cities
such as Mexico City and Lima
among others.
This
environmental pollution is generated by the number of companies, and urban
transport, have been
raised several solutions, including
the construction of the metro that would
gradually reduce urban transport
in the city, but I think that, although this is a
possible solution
would take more of
5 years to see a positive change.
The severe
consequences of
the air we breathe on a daily basis see
it more reflected by
small children because they are the
ones who present symptoms such as burning eyes,
bronchitis,
cough, headache, and many more, which
can sometimes become terminally ill.
I believe that
to improve this great problem what we should do as citizens is to try to help
our Bogota from our homes,
but how can we do it?
•
Avoid using the car when it
is not necessary
•
Perform preventive maintenance on elements such
as stoves, cars
•
Avoid burning papers, or elements that
generate a
toxic air
•
Avoid smoking
With
these practices, we make a great
contribution to the environment of our city,
which,
although minimal
among all of us, generates
a great change.
The city belongs
to everyone and we cannot just wait for others to do something to solve it, each
one of us must contribute so that our city is
a pleasant and healthy place in which we
can live.
References
Contaminación del aire, from
http://angelchaves.blogspot.com.co/
11 most polluted cities of Latin America, from
http://blog.chron.com/lavoz/2015/11/the-10-most-polluted-cities-of-latin-america/
La pequeña gran mentira de la contaminación en Bogotá, from
http://www.eltiempo.com/bogota/contaminacion-en-bogota-36856
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