Worrying levels of pollution have been registered in Mexico City. Although we already knew that it was one of the most contaminated cities on the planet, we have been surprised by the data that emerges from the first registration of emission registration and contaminant transfer (RETC) of the Federal District. In this Ecologiaverde article, we talk about Pollution in Mexico City.
The problem of pollution in Mexico
There we can observe how 2,814 kilograms of lead in wastewater are poured every year. In addition, other pollutants that will stop to the city’s sewerage and drainage system are cadmium, nickel and ethanol.
By sectors, the services The palm is taken with 1,314 Kilograms annual leadfollowed by the industrial sector with 1,145 kilograms and trade with 355 kilograms.
As if that were not enough, The air is very polluted. Nothing more and nothing less than 547,000 tons of carbon dioxide They expand every year in Mexico City. The industries that have the most to do with these emissions are tobacco, beverage and food for the use that this entails in transport fuels.
Finally, in the report it has been commented that potentially carcinogenic substances are also launched for man like the stretch or vinylbenzenewith more than 10,000 tons that come from the plastic and rubber industry.
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