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Cochise · Post by **Cochise** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:22 am

I think the title of a Smashing Pumpkins' song fits good as header of this topic.

Here in Italy people has come back home after holidays (since one month, by this time) and tElEvIsIoN has started to talk again about too high levels of atmospheric pollution in the cities due to road traffic.

In the big urban centres car traffic is forbidden for two or three days at week.

How's the situation in your countries?

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Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:58 am

School holidays: roads are empty

Kids back at school: roads are stuffed full of SUVs used to take kids too/from school

The difference is quite remarkable!

Cochise · Post by **Cochise** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:39 am

Maybe I know what you mean.

Listen to a Biohazard' song called Revolution, if you can (and if you can take HeavyMetal). It has a weird end.

I look forward to hear if you know what I mean.

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Post by **garyb** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:01 am

in los angeles, the cars NEVER stop!

Cochise · Post by **Cochise** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:26 pm

At this point I can't understand if we have low threshold level for atmospheric pollution or very polluting cars.

Cochise · Post by **Cochise** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:50 am

OK. I've googled a bit about.

Current air pollution stations data in italian cities with more of 1,000,000 inhabitants are NOT published on the WEB (it's possible to find data about smaller cities where the situaton ain't excessively alarming).

I've found a link quoting data by World Health Organization. It's an untranslated italian side (however this is the link)
http://www.provincia.modena.it/gitas/do ... oc02_5.asp

Reported inside, togheter with a lot of other info about this argument, I've found the following table (here translated)

It's referred to the number of people death for reason ascribable to PM10 pollution, in 1998 in the 8 bigger italian cities.

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city          Number   Percentage on
            of cases   total of deaths

Torino 	        420 	5,7 
Genova 	        260 	3,9 
Milano 	        441 	4,2 
Bologna 	252 	5,1 
Firenze 	181 	4,0 
Roma 	      1.278 	5,1 
Napoli 	        444 	5,3 
Palermo 	197 	3,5 
Totale 	      3.472 	4,7

Post by **garyb** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:01 am

isn't the WHO's main job providing tainted vaccines to african nations?

Cochise · Post by **Cochise** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:06 am

Recently I heard of the WHO in association with the word pandemic.

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:36 pm

On 2005-09-28 11:06, Cochise wrote:
Recently I heard of the WHO in association with the word pandemic.

Yes, doing their best to prevent one.