Ukukhishwa kokungcola komoya kwehle eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, okuholele ekhwalithini yomoya engcono. Naphezu kwalokhu kuthuthuka, ukungcola komoya kuseyiyona ingozi enkulu yezempilo yemvelo eYurophu. Ukuchayeka ezintweni ezincane kanye namazinga e-nitrogen dioxide ngaphezu kwezincomo ze-World Health Organization kubangela ukufa okulinganiselwa ku-253,000 kanye no-52,000 ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ngokulandelana, ngo-2021. Lokhu kungcola kuhlotshaniswa ne-asthma, isifo senhliziyo kanye nesifo sohlangothi.
Ukungcoliswa komoya nakho kubangela izifo. Abantu baphila nezifo ezihlobene nokuchayeka ekungcolisweni komoya; lokhu kuwumthwalo maqondana nokuhlupheka komuntu siqu kanye nezindleko ezinkulu emkhakheni wezokunakekelwa kwempilo.
Abantu abasengozini enkulu emphakathini basengozini enkulu yokuthola imithelela yokungcoliswa komoya. Amaqembu aphansi kwezenhlalo nezomnotho avame ukuchayeka emazingeni aphezulu okungcoliswa komoya, kuyilapho abantu asebekhulile, izingane kanye nalabo abanezimo zempilo ezikhona kakade besengozini enkulu. Ukufa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-1,200 abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 ubudala kulinganiselwa ukuthi kubangelwa ukungcoliswa komoya minyaka yonke emazweni angamalungu e-EEA kanye namazwe abambisene nawo.
Ngaphandle kwezinkinga zezempilo, ukungcola komoya kungathinta kakhulu umnotho waseYurophu ngenxa yokwanda kwezindleko zokunakekelwa kwempilo, ukuncipha kwesikhathi sokuphila, kanye nokulahlekelwa izinsuku zokusebenza emikhakheni yonke. Kulimaza nezitshalo kanye nezindawo zemvelo, ikhwalithi yamanzi kanye nenhlabathi, kanye nezindawo zemvelo zendawo.
Singahlinzeka ngezinzwa zekhwalithi yomoya ezifanelekela ukuqapha izinhlobo ezahlukene zamagesi ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene, wamukelekile ukubuza.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Ephreli-18-2024