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Nuevas normas le quitarían (algo de) plomo al aire de Nuevo México

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Monday, July 21, 2008   

Albuquerque, NM – La U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA por sus siglas en inglés, (Agencia Americana de Protección Ambiental) pide el endurecimiento de las normas que regulan las emisiones de plomo al aire, y abre su propuesta para que el público la pueda evaluar hasta el 4 de agosto.

Pero al igual que varios científicos y expertos más, Avi Kar, del Natural Resources Defense Council (Consejo para la Defensa de los Recursos Naturales), asegura que la regulación propuesta por la EPA para controlar las emisiones de plomo al aire, es insuficiente. Una medición de la EPA arrojó que cada año se vierten más de 10 mil libras (unos 4,500 Kg) de plomo a la atmósfera de Nuevo México.

Este sería un paso firme para asegurar que el aire que respiran los neomexicanos pueda ser siempre clasificado como “libre de plomo”. Kar identifica las principales fuentes de contaminación.

"Este tipo de polución viene de fundidoras, refinerías y cementeras, y de los aeropuertos. Los aviones pequeños siguen usando combustible con plomo."

Kar agrega que el problema con el plomo es que no se disuelve en el medio ambiente, y está vinculado a problemas muy serios de salud tanto en adultos como en niños.

"La ciencia ha progresado bastante. Hemos aprendido que el plomo es peligroso a niveles mucho menores de lo que antes creíamos. La última vez que la EPA revisó el tema fue hace 15 años, y en ese entonces no hicieron cambio alguno a sus normas."

Opina que ya es tiempo de que el gobierno federal "meta el acelerador" a la tarea de quitarle el plomo al aire.

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental quisiera endurecer las reglas, pero para eso le haría falta reunir evidencia científica aún más sólida, para hacer una propuesta que supere a la actual.

Se puede consultar un mapa del grado de contaminación de plomo, por estados, visitando www.nrdc.org/health/effects/lead.




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