Madrid air pollution reaches alarming levels

Air pollution in the city of Madrid has become so bad that locals call the brown cloud that sits above the city “boina” or beret, because the brown cloud looks as if the city is wearing a hat. The city itself is in a bit of desperation due to these high levels of air pollution, that with even the slightest increase in pollution levels, results in more people admitted into the hospitals. This issue has caused officials to look deeper into the ultimate issue, calling it the “last link in the chain” connecting several deaths to air polluted related issues, such as circulatory and respiratory illnesses. In a sense they see this as a silent killer because it is affecting people slowly over

time, rather than people physically dropping dead on the streets. It is still an increasingly large issue to the populations health and the city is addressing the problem as best they can. While it is understandably difficult to completely eliminate the use of motor vehicles within the city limits, Madrid is proposing that people use electric cars, public transportation, or bicycles in order to significantly reduce the levels of air pollution within the city

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