NZTA continue lack respect of environmental stewardship
CEAC says NZTA continue lack respect of environmental stewardship
CEAC says NZTA continue lack respect of environmental stewardship Govt' now must use rail and show environmental stewardship here as‘NZTA’ refuses to respect environmental stewardship”
Consider
this issue; - ‘busy roads stunt children's lung growth’
- UK report.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/25/living-near-busy-road-stunts-childrens-lung-growth-study-says
Quote;
“Living near a busy road may stunt children's lung growth
- study
The study also revealed one-third of Londoners
are thought to live near a busy
road.
Living near a busy road can stunt children's lung growth, a UK report has shown.
Children's health was found to be affected by staying within 50 metres of the road.
The study recorded the effect of roadside pollution across 13 cities in the UK and Poland.
It found 14 percent of kids in
Oxford had stunted lung growth, while in London 13 per cent
were affected and 8 percent in Birmingham.
The study also
revealed one-third of Londoners, an estimated 3 million
people, are thought to live near a busy
road.
According to the research, written by King's College London and released by a coalition of 15 health and environment non-governmental organizations (NGO) said, living near a road with heavy traffic may increase your risk of developing lung cancer by up to ten percent.
The new study also showed an increased risk of cardiac arrest, heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, bronchitis as well as reduced lung function in children who live near a traffic-ridden road.
Amongst the report, the coalition of NGOs has been calling on politicians to commit to taking steps to in order to reduce the drastic state of illegal air pollution across the UK to meet World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
"Air pollution makes us, and especially our children, sick from cradle to grave, but is often invisible. This impressive research makes this public health crisis - which affects people all across the UK - visible, and shows the urgency with which all political parties must prioritise cleaning up our air," said Dr Rob Hughes, Senior Fellow at the Clean Air Fund in the King's College London press release.
This is the
first time a wide range of health conditions and cities have
been analysed in one report.”
Unquote;
Again
CEAC is asking;
Why is NZTA not yet advising
city residents living alongside ‘their busy roads in
residential zones’ - to be aware of these public health
damaging effects and offering to discuss solutions with
residents affected?
CEAC finds NZTA lack respect of environmental stewardship
• CEAC say; - Use
rail to reduce busy roads ‘
• NZTA – must engage in
active solutions to busy roads being a threat to public
health.
• NZTA must offer reasonable effective
mitigation to protect residents health and wellbeing.
•
NZTA must keep this evidence as a record of residential
health concerns to be mitigated by your agency NZTA for our
public ‘health and wellbeing.’ To comply with the new
“Local Government Community welllbeing act 2019 which NZTA
still refuses to recognise with.
CEAC encourage to see a Government who is caring, considerate inclusive and responsive to citizens’ health and wellbeing concerns to use rail to respect of environmental stewardship.
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