First Ever National Program for Air Pollution Reduction in Israel
Air Pollution
December 23, 2011
Ministry of Environmental Protection Distributes Israel’s First Ever National Program for Air Pollution Reduction
On December 11, 2011, the Ministry of Environmental Protection distributed Israel’s first ever multiannual national program for the prevention and reduction of air pollution. The program encompasses a wide range of guidelines whose implementation should bring about a continuous reduction and prevention of pollutant emissions to the air.
Israel is about to become the most densely populated Western country must urgently implement the program to avoid the severe levels of air pollution which exist in countries such as China.
During the course of preparing the program and assessing the health impacts of air pollution, it was found that air pollution is the cause of hundreds of additional deaths and thousands of additional hospitalizations will occur every year. The cost of these health damages to the economy may reach 7.8 billion shekels in 2015 and 8.5 billion shekels in 2020.
The plan includes issues in the transportation, energy production and industrial areas.
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