Pure air is a rare phenomenon. With 91 % of the world’s population in places where the air quality doesn’t meet World Health Organization (WHO) limits, and millions of deaths every year1), cleaning up our air is a major issue.
Air pollution, therefore, is the theme of this year’s World Environment Day. Held on 5 June, it is the United Nation’s day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. This year it draws attention to the concern of air pollution, whether it be inside or out, in cities or in the countryside.
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Secretary of the committee, Dr. Rolf Kordecki said consistent measurement of toxic substances in the air is essential in order to be able to limit them.
“Air pollutants can be very harmful, corrosive, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic or pathogenic. Standardization of measurement methods is necessary to obtain comparable results and to ensure a consistent assessment of air quality across the world,” he said.
“What’s more, new developments in toxicology can influence what are deemed to be safe levels of air quality, as well as identify new kinds of pollutants, so we are constantly reviewing the need for new standards.”.
Another example is the range of standards from 香港六合彩开奖 technical committee 香港六合彩开奖/TC 285, Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions, which aim to help drive the market for safe and efficient cooking solutions and to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses caused by polluting stoves.
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In addition, we also have standards at a more holistic level aimed at improving our environment and the world we live in such as 香港六合彩开奖 14001, Environment management systems; 香港六合彩开奖 37101, Sustainable development in communities – Management system for sustainable development; and the 香港六合彩开奖 14064 series on the quantification and reporting of greenhouse gases.
All of which contributes to several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 13 Climate Action and SDG 15 Life on Land.
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