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The Councilor for the Environment, José Luis Ruiz Guillén, has pointed out that there is a relationship between traffic and the quality of the air we breathe, verifying a reduction in nitrogen dioxide and PM10 particles in these weeks in which the mobility of vehicles. The Councilor for the Environment of the City of Lorca, José Luis Ruiz Guillén has reported that due to the state of alarm decreed since March 14 as a result of the coronavirus health crisis, contamination in the municipality has been considerably reduced to even one 30 per cent. The mayor of the Environment explained that "the measures adopted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have allowed, among others, a decrease in traffic of 70 percent on average, since in the period in which the closure of the companies was decreed non-essential, specifically between March 30 and April 8, the drop in traffic was even greater.
" José Luis Ruiz Guillén has pointed out that "the fact that there are fewer vehicles on the streets has allowed a drop in nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which is harmful to health, especially the respiratory system, and can also quickly cause skin burns, eyes and throat tissues, as well as other pollutants, such as PM10 particles, the sources of these particles being, among others, automobile combustion, agricultural burning, Saharan dust, as well as construction and industrial activities , which have also been idle in recent weeks.
" Ruiz Guillén has pointed out that there is a relationship between traffic and the quality of the air we breathe, verifying a reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and PM10 during these weeks in which vehicle mobility has decreased due to the state decree.
of alarm, although he recalled that public transport continues to operate, which has adapted its frequencies to the schedules of health workers and shops ". As for the data on pollution registered on the air quality website of the General Directorate for the Environment of the Autonomous Community https://sinqlair.carm.es/calidadaire/, the mayor pointed out that in the period from 1 to On March 14, before the decree of the state of alarm, the daily average of NO2 was 9.78 micrograms per cubic meter (ug / m3); while from March 14 to 31 it was 7 ug / m3, noting a slight decrease, which was a little more pronounced in the period from April 1 to 15, when the registered daily average has been 6.7 ug / m3 , with a decrease of 31.5% ". With respect to PM10 particulate data, while the daily average in the period prior to the alarm state, that is, from March 1 to 14, was 20.7 ug / m3; between March 14 and 31, it registered an average of 13.6 ug / m3, and 14.6 ug / m3 in the first fifteen days of April, resulting in a decrease in the presence of these particles of 29.5%. Ruiz Guillén recalled the activation on February 29 of Level 3 (Alert) of the Framework Protocol for municipal action in environmental episodes of PM10 contamination due to the exceeding of the daily limit value of these particles as a result of the strong Saharan intrusion that affected the southeast peninsula, which forced, among others, the City Council to cut traffic on Lope Gisbert street and Avenida Juan Carlos I, and establish the Huerto de la Rueda as a deterrent parking lot.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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