“Airborne dust” is the biggest concern of medical agencies specializing in cancer diseases. The International Agency for Research on Cancer describes dust from heavy industry as a “carcinogen to humans.” In Lebanon, the industrial zone in the north, Chekka in particular, is “a major contributor to air pollution with dust.”
On the ground, the monitoring device in Kafr Hazir recorded a maximum of 69 micrograms of “fine particles”, far exceeding the internationally permitted limit. The matter is no different in mortality, as it recorded numbers that reached 56 micrograms. The average concentration of carcinogens during the monitoring period at the two points was 22 micrograms, permanently exceeding the internationally accepted limit of 5 micrograms of “fine particles” per cubic meter of air. Here, Greenpeace warns of “fine particle pollution,” or what is known as “microscopic dust,” as it is far more dangerous than chemical pollutants, or emissions from factory chimneys and generators.
According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, and the Lebanese Law 78/2018 related to “protecting air quality”, the concentration of “fine particles” with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers should not exceed 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, over a period of one year. . And in the event of an increase, it should not exceed “15 micrograms per cubic meter of air, for a period of 4 hours only.” “Fine particles” with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers pose a great health threat because of their ability to enter the airways inside the lungs, and accumulate inside them, leading to incurable diseases such as lung cancer.
In Lebanon, the main responsibility for the “carcinogenic dust” is the heavy industries that require crushing, grinding and burning rocks. The most prominent factories under the microscope are the quarries and cement production plants, whose machines “produce materials that are extremely dangerous to the public health of the residents and workers in the surrounding villages.” These factories are mainly concentrated in Lebanon in 3 regions: Siblin, Chekka and Kfarhazir.
The danger will not stop at the Lebanese borders, but rather will extend beyond the region, as “the minute objects will move according to the movement of the air, which will enable them to move to further places to expand the circle of danger.”
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2023-07-05 04:32:51
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