Seoul and many parts of Korea need to worry about the effects of so much fine particulate air pollution on their children’s development according to the American Journal of Epidemiology. It seems to harm mental development in children. One notes that Germanwatch ranks Korea as 51 out of 56 countries in regards to being one of the least effective nations in reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well. This is 56 countries that account for 90% of the world’s CO2 emissions.
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’tis not happy news, and every time I walk past a row of stinking police buses emitting a nimbostratus of diesel fumes alongside the smoke from the teenage riot cops’ ciggies, I worry about my kids’ lungs…
As I just mentioned in another comment, going a wee bit greener could help Korea in lots of ways, not least by giving the left something to constructive to focus on…
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The whole world needs to go greener, not just Korea.
Fine particulate matter from vehicular exhaust is also related to asthma rates (positively). I’m sure running after fogging trucks in the summer doesn’t help much, but that’s not something I have a study to back up- that’s simply deduction.
yep, flying into incheon and looking over the smog is disgusting.
they should have followed japan a little closer. export the cars to the west, build rail for yourselves.
kyongido s pop.density should allow for 1st class mixed transport system (walk, cycle, bus, tram, subway and a little private). what have they got? 30 line megaroads chocked full of angry, pushy people.
I also really appreciated and loved the fact that in parts of Tokyo one could easily go bicycling (towards the western part of town). There is simply no planning for such in Seoul and is awfully dangerous to try. Real bike paths through the city, along with some sort of planned greenspace would be a great addition to taking gasoline-powered vehicles off the roads here — a real Korean electric car would be the next killer app.
It would have been nice if they had allowed space for a bike lane along the entire length of the LMB Cheonggyecheon.
I live in a city whose clean air score is 98 out of 100. Ahhhhh!
I recently heard on a news report that 70% of Korean children have “atapy” (skin exema). This can’t be right, can it, but the incidence is alarming.
#9 The Korean “Ah-tau-pi” is taken from “atopic dermatitis,” or eczema. Not a word you want to see on a spelling quiz.