Various diseases, including respiratory problems, are increasing in the country because of air pollution. When more than one lakh people die every year in air pollution, the number of people suffering from respiratory diseases has reached the crore. Experts say that the control of the disease can be possible only by preventing the rapid identification of the victims, as well as prevention of air pollution.
According to the Bangladesh Asthma Association, the number of asthma or respiratory patients in the country is about 10 million, where about 2.5 to three lakh people are being added every year. Experts say that air pollution is the biggest cause of asthma or respiratory. Although 38 percents of total pollution are created by kilns, no effective action is taken to stop it. In addition to the unpredictable industrialization, toxic smoke emitted from slow vehicles, is the cause of respiratory diseases. Climate experts say brickfields should be reduced.
Industries should always have industrial belts. There will be measures to reduce pollution levels. It is possible to control this disease very quickly by rapid identification. However, urgent calls for creating medical opportunities at the marginal level can solve the problem.
Poribesh Bachaon Andolon (Poba) and Civil Rights Protection Forum claim that 90 percent of the residents of Dhaka are now victims of air pollution. Apart from this, 40 percent of the inhabitants suffer from respiratory diseases. This pollution is increasing every day.
According to a World Bank Research Report titled ‘Bangladesh Environmental Analysis-2018’ said, 80 thousand people die every year due to environmental pollution. In one year, 28 percent of the deaths happen due to environmental pollution in Bangladesh, which is 12 percent more than global pollution death rate (16) each year.
In February 2018, a report released by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said that due to air pollution, 1.22 lakh 400 hundred people are dying in Bangladesh every year.
However, there is a statistical gap. But both of them
refer to the horrifying picture of environment or air pollution in the country. According to them, the biggest part of environmental pollution in Bangladesh is air pollution. Dust is the major part of air pollution.
National Institute of Chest Disease and hospital doctors said that air pollution became a major threat to public health in Dhaka. Especially due to the rapid increase in respiratory and cardiovascular disease, various chemical pollutants mixed with the air are blamed. In this case, the level of pollution during the traffic congestion in roads is the most harmful phase. The harmful components of the air do not appear in the eyes, but can enter the human body, causing respiratory problems, pneumonia, eye problems, colds, coughs, tuberculosis, heart disease, asthma and lung cancer.
