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UN to launch a year-long study on Kabul air quality.
EFL from IWPR. I would like the mines cleaned up in the hinterlands before work is started on air quality in Kabul, but if you won’t leave Kabul don’t start the greenhouse gas thing for a couple of decades please.
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Abassi said he believes there are also high levels of lead in the air, which has been shown to slow the physical and intellectual growth of children.
Well, stop shooting you idiots - sorry, couldn’t resist that one.
The only data currently available comes from a landmark 2002 UN report, which used just a few indicators to provide snapshot data on the levels of air pollution in the cities of Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat. Zaidi said the main causes of pollution are the number and poor condition of vehicles in the country, the quality of the fuel they burn (which often includes high levels of sulphur and lead), dust caused< by many factors including extensive deforestation, and the burning of toxic materials such as tyres and plastic. There is anecdotal evidence that suggests air pollution may have grown worse, given that there are more vehicles on the roads, land and air transport has increased and the population has increased, because of the return of refugees.
Yasss... It's prob'ly all those people breathing, emitting carbon dioxide all the time. That and the presence of all those infidels. They're foreigners, y'know. Not from around here...

Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-09
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