Pollution Campaign

January 23, 2008 - 12:30 PM by

Here’s a rather alarming statistic coming from Tel Aviv pediatrician Dr. Miriam Herman:

One out of every three Tel Aviv area children suffers from upper respiratory complications. Pneumonia. Bronchitis. Asthma.

One out of Three.

!!!

So this street campaign to curb pollution, get rid of plastic bags and buy local resonates:

According to blogger things.co.il…
The picture above is from an original idea: The artists put out a few white shirts in the streets. The shirts collected pollution and dirt from cars and were presented to the public. Each of them had a tag price: 77,000,000 shekels – the price of pollution.

Tags: • Category: Blogging, Environment, Life, Politics 

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4 Comments on Pollution Campaign

  1. karin on Wed, Jan 23rd 2008 1:17 PM

    2. Tel Aviv is also very dusty – partly because it is built on a sand dune. I would argue that some of the respiratory issues could be caused by that. Plus it is very humid. I had a friend who had asthma and who lived in Tel Aviv. After moving to Tiberias, it went away. It was the climate change, he said.

  2. karin on Wed, Jan 23rd 2008 1:18 PM

    3. Tel Aviv is also very dusty – partly because it is built on a sand dune. I would argue that some of the respiratory issues could be caused by that. Plus it is very humid. I had a friend who had asthma and who lived in Tel Aviv. After moving to Tiberias, it went away. It was the climate change, he said.

  3. Shelly Porges on Wed, Jan 23rd 2008 2:55 PM

    4. As a kid in Israel, I had chronic asthma which the doctors told my parents wouldn’t be solved unless we left T.A. We came to the US when I was five and I “outgrew” my asthma shortly after that. He said the cause was the dust and humidity. I know of others of my peers similarly affected.
    S.

  4. Menus on Thu, Jan 24th 2008 11:03 AM

    5. I have been visiting Netanya for over 25 years and during the last 12 or so I have developed hayfever when I come for a holiday.
    I find this quite strange because I dont get hayfever anywhere else in the world. Naturaly I am puzzeled.Any Ideas why?

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