Not only Pristina, even these Kosovo cities face air pollution

The IKSHP report says that short-term effects of Particle pollution by many data lead to an increase in the number of premature deaths, bronkial asthma patients, chronic bonds, chronic lung obstructural diseases in procrastination, increasing the number of hospital admissions from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancer, life reductions, and increased mortality rates.

“As potentially well-known sources are electric power plants, the use of heating in the winter season, outdated vehicles and heavy traffic, the increased burning of fuels and solid fuels, the burning of waste, the lack of sufficient green surfaces, no cleaning of roads, construction throughout the year without literal urban planning, the presence of dust in the city”, the report says.

Analyzing the current situation, the National Institute proposes:

Specific Measures

1. The health inspectorate control daily reporting of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases by all primary, secondary and digestive health institutions (particularly, the KKMF Pristina and Emergency Clinic, SHSKUK).
2. Environmental inspectors make rigorous control of air filters in thermal power plants during 24 hours, quality of fuels and fuel consumption used for citizen heating.
3. Enhancing the number of buses with ecological fuel in public transport.
4. Limit the arrival of cars from suburbs to the capital.
5. Rygorous car control measures are urgently taken.
6. The maintenance of roads and the proper management of solid waste.
7. Permanent measuring of air pollution at key points in Kosovo, daily presentation of online results

Individual Measures 

1. To reduce city exits and air - polluted areas especially in the morning and evening, especially those with chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, children and pregnant ones;
2. Stay in the house and don't open the windows for the ventilation rooms.
3. Those who should inevitably go out in their activities outside the home should use protective masks or cover their mouth and nose with scarfs.
4. To reduce smoking abroad where there is human circulation, and there is a need to stop smoking within residential areas, employment, schools and hospitals.
5. Groups of endangered populations such as chronic pulmonary, heart, astmatic and allergic patients, elderly, young children, pregnant women are recommended to spend more time in low - levels environments, such as mountains and healthy resorts.

National Institute experts warn and alarm that unless emergency measures are taken, there will be negative effects on health damage and increased mortality from all causes, especially cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, it will be disturbing.