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Today was held the meeting of the Commission for Monitoring Air Quality Sewer, chaired by the Mayor, with the assistance of all local groups and Clean Air Platform as guests.
First spoke the mayor to acknowledge the presence of the audience and explained why he had not called on Member Clean the previous meeting Air, since it was only to deliver a copy of the report issued by the Department of Public Health on the health of the population Sewer compared with the rest of the region, which had been delivered to the platform even before the local council.
Following and entering directly into the content of the report, reiterated his satisfaction with the data that cast the study by different specialists and confirms what has already been expressed in previous meetings, with information allowing reassure neighbors, as shown that there is no relationship between episodes of odors and health of the inhabitants of our town or nearby.
In fact, the study clearly indicates that the incidence of respiratory diseases in Sewell and in the nearest districts Murcia is less than in most town in our region, so we conclude that there is a level of air pollution can produce such ailments, but rather the contrary.
From the data provided by the above study, the following conclusions:
Based on the episodes recorded in the Primary Care centers during the study period (2009-2013), Sewell is one of the key areas of health including area I associated with fewer episodes of respiratory disorders seen in primary care, being below most nearby municipalities.
Similarly, the incidence of cancer in the town of Sewell, New and Sangonera Javalí Seca during the years studied, shows no difference in cancer incidence, compared to the other towns around them, nor with the regional average for none of the tumor, except the lowest risk for all malignancies in men together Sewer compared with all surrounding municipalities locations.
Regarding the overall mortality rate Township Sewer available in the last period (2009-2012) shows no difference with the regional average.
The causes of death that have shown a significant excess in Sewell (liver cirrhosis in women, ovarian cancer, senile and presenile mental illness and stroke in women) are more associated with age, lifestyle and the aging population which air pollution.
Similarly, the Councillor for the Environment released all jobs that have been developed from the Department, in collaboration with the Directorate General for the Environment, as other councils after maximum control anywhere odor .
Also comprehensively explained as acting to any call from a neighbor at an incident communicate odor.
Immediately visiting the area from which the call was made by Environment technicians and the local police.
He welcomed the good data that had been obtained in the report and the near absence of notable incidents.
Finally, I wanted to recall some of the conclusions of the report prepared by different specialists in Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Statistics at the request of the Director General of Public Health and Addictions, where an extensive tour of every aspect becomes more important which may affect the health of citizens, giving priority to those relating to possible air quality and odor episodes.
He noted that after the main episodes of strong odors occurred in our town between summer 2013 and April 2014 by the Department of Environment, through the Planning and Environmental Assessment, after analyzing the different studies and in order to ensure maximum that the absence of health risks is a demonstrable fact, requested report by the Department of Epidemiology for the period June 2013- April 2014.
Also, I wanted to reiterate that the report prepared by the Environmental Health Service concluded that according to measurements taken at the sampling points, there is no component or element that has exceeded the threshold of the limit values ​​allowed and which are recognized by the World Health Organization as assumable to pose no risk to humans.
Finally, unveiled the suggestions that had been made to the Plan of Air Quality in the Region of Murcia, in which particular emphasis on the desirability of increasing the number of visits of the Mobile Unit of Measurement is made from the City Air Quality and the creation of a team of inspectors to the technical support of the municipalities in the work of control and monitoring.
If all goes as planned, you may be re-gather the Commission before the end of this year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla
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