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| They demand greater diligence in the face of episodes of deterioration in air quality | Ecologists in Action has denounced that the Cartagena City Council has not activated the pollution protocol despite the exceedances of particle pollution in all the stations of the atmospheric surveillance network during November 6 and 7.The anti-pollution framework protocol establishes that Level 1.

Preventive [1] is activated when the daily average of the PM10 level registered in a station is equal to or greater than 50 micrograms per cubic meter (µg / m3), or when the daily average of the level recorded in a station during 3 consecutive days are equal to or greater than 45 µg / m3.In this case, it happens that all the measuring stations in the Cartagena area have exceeded the daily maximum of the pollutant PM10 (50 µg / m3), on November 6 and 7:La Aljorra: 65/66 µg / m3 respectively.Mompeán: 61/55 µg / m3 respectively.Alums: 62/74 µg / m3 respectively.Escombreras Valley: 89/80 µg / m3 respectively.Source: https://sinqlair.carm.es/calidadaire/redvigilancia/redvigilancia.aspxThe activation of this protocol involves the publication of specific messages on the illuminated traffic panels at the entrances of the city to warn drivers of contamination.

Also, recommend that you do not voluntarily access the center by car, use the parking lot and drivers to circulate efficiently.It is recommended to reduce physical exercise and outdoor activities, and it is requested that trips be made preferably on foot, by bicycle and public transport, turn off electrical appliances that are not used using and lower the temperature of the heaters, among others recommendations.

On this occasion, the high values ??are attributed to the intrusion of Saharan dust, to which should be added the emissions of particles from road traffic and industrial activities.Ecologistas en Acción demands that the anti-pollution protocol be complied with in an effective and diligent manner by the technicians of the municipalities.

And they urge the Cartagena City Council to better coordinate with the General Directorate of the Environment to face the problem of air quality, and that serious and effective measures be adopted, both in the prevention of this type of episodes, and in the measures to reduce the impact on citizens and their duration.The environmental organization recalls that in order to reduce air pollution, it is necessary to reduce motorized traffic, reducing the need for mobility with local urban planning and promoting public transport (especially electric) and non-motorized means such as cycling or foot traffic; the ecological conversion of interurban transport from the highway to an improved and socially accessible conventional railway; saving and energy efficiency; the recovery of incentives for renewable electricity generation, replacing thermoelectric plants from fossil fuels; and the widespread adoption of the best available industrial techniques for the reduction of air pollution.[1] Municipal Framework Protocol for action in environmental episodes of NO2 and PM10 pollution.

Directorate General for the Environment / Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Environment

Source: Ecologistas en Acción