The Presidential Delegation of O’Higgins declared an Environmental Alert for the Central Valley of O’Higgins for this Saturday, July 6, as a measure to guard the inhabitants from excessive ranges of air air pollution.
This alert applies to the 17 communes that make up the Saturated Zone of the Atmospheric Decontamination Plan (PDA) for PM 2.5 within the central valley of O’Higgins: Rancagua, Graneros, Doñihue, El Olivar, Coltauco, Coinco, Quinta de Tilcoco, San Vicente, Placilla, Mostazal, Codegua, Machalí, Malloa, Rengo, Requínoa, San Fernando and Chimbarongo.
“This alert, decreed inside the framework of Vital Episode Administration (GEC) 2024, is because of the ranges of air air pollution recorded in current hours, and is a measure to safeguard the well being of the neighborhood, particularly kids, the aged and the chronically unwell, who’re probably the most affected by poor air high quality.”
In view of the above, the regional authority reiterated that “the decision is for all of us to be a part of these environmental emergencies, with sturdy prevention and numerous consciousness that this can be a downside for everybody,” Fabio López pressured.
He added that “we should respect the measures decreed in response to this episode, such because the ban on lighting wooden heaters, since greater than 60% of the air pollution to which we’re uncovered is because of the usage of wooden heating in properties.”
For her half, the Seremi of the Surroundings, Giovanna Amaya, defined that “this new Environmental Alert is precipitated, amongst different components, by the rise in particulate matter emanating primarily from the usage of wooden heaters in properties, since it’s the predominant supply of air air pollution within the central valley of our area. It’s essential for individuals to know that particulate matter not solely contaminates our air, but in addition complicates respiratory illnesses in danger teams, additional saturating healthcare services.”
It must be famous that the Seremi de Salud O’Higgins has enabled a reporting line so that folks can inform the authorities in case of non-compliance with the laws associated to the lighting of wooden heaters on days of environmental episodes. In such circumstances, it’s best to name or write through WhatsApp to the quantity +56989036974.
The measures to be carried out on days when an Environmental Alert is asserted are the next:
It’s forbidden to mild wooden stoves, whether or not or not they’ve SEC certification. Solely pellet stoves are allowed.
-Colleges might perform moderate-intensity sports activities actions solely in closed areas.
-The actions linked to the Nationwide System of Sports activities Competitions (SNCD) are carried out in any respect occasions.
-Prohibition of the operation of wooden or coal boilers, until they show PM emissions under 30 mg/m³N
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