Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Dirtied
by success? Nigeria is home to world's most polluted city
Pollution
is the price of economic growth, but certainly not so much of human wellness.
Nigeria, an African country that surpassed the leading position in the size of
economy in Africa a few years ago seems to suffer a lot, not economically but
environmentally. As more and more people are coming to live in large cities to
seek for a better life and opportunities, more solid fuels are burned for cooking
at home because the supply of electricity is not reliable, and the streets are
jammed by old, fuming vehicles that are not regulated for maintenance or emission
control. As a result of such unorganized growth of human activities, major
cities in the country are heavily polluted to the degrees that are way worse
than that of the World Health Organization thinks bearable. And of course, if the
air in those cities is so polluted, it’s not hard to imagine what other
environmental problems there are.
Should
the quality of life be measured by economic growth or environmental standards?
Enjoy reading
and imagining the gap between those busy cities and remote villages in Africa.
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