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As Romanians do not seem to care about nature, be they simple people, but also authorities, the consequences appear. Our country ranks first in Europe in mortality caused directly or indirectly by pollution.
According to a report by the European Agency, one in five deaths could be attributed to environmental factors. Now things get complicated. Doctors warn that prolonged exposure to toxins can trigger serious forms of COVID-19.
Romania is the country with the highest proportion of deaths caused by pollution: 19%. Only Bulgaria and Hungary are nearly as bad. The countries with a slightly lower percentage of deaths due to environmental problems (11%) are those of Western Europe: Germany, France and Spain. At the opposite pole, Sweden and Denmark have a 10% mortality rate from pollution, the lowest in Europe.
Foreign experts point out that air pollution can promote SARS-VOC-2 infection.
Beatrice Mahler, director of the Marius Nasta hospital: “The particles that appear in the air as a result of pollution, inhaled into the respiratory tract, trigger local inflammatory processes, processes that promote infection with viruses or bacteria. If we talk about street pollution, the mask has a protective role against the inhalation of a large quantity of pollutants ”.
Long-term exposure to toxic particles can lead to respiratory diseases, and from here to a vulnerable organism is only one step to highlight the specialists.
Valeriu Gheorghiţă, infectionist at the Military Hospital: “It reduces the defenses of the respiratory tract. Any infection with which we come into contact is much easier to contract and the evolution of that condition can be more severe. in the long run this leads to an increase in the basal level of stress that directly causes a decrease in the immune response.
Only after Romania entered the infringement procedure due to air quality, the Romanian officials promise that in half a year, in Bucharest, but also in the country, new control stations will be installed ”.
Mircea Fechet, Secretary of State of the Ministry of the Environment: “We will have a map of Bucharest where we will know exactly what the problem areas are in real time because now if we have a contamination incident we will find it until we realize it, until we register one of the 8 monitoring stations. What sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t. In the future we will have 50 new measurement points only in particles. “
According to the European Environment Agency, one in five Romanians dies due to pollution. At the European level, more than 400,000 people die each year from pollution-related diseases. The report is based on data from the World Health Organization.
