How many percent of the population of Manila are affected by pollution?
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The Sierra Madre mountain range looming over Metro Manila. Image by Johair Siscar Addang
Manila’s lockdown, a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is easing the Philippine capital’s notorious air pollution levels.
Air pollution has been a perennial problem in the region, affecting 98% of the population and responsible for more than 4,000 deaths annually.
Concentrations of fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 have dropped to a third of their normal levels in some parts of the city as road transport is curbed, businesses shut and personal mobility restricted.
Experts say air pollution levels are expected to bounce back up once the lockdown lifts after April 30, but add the government should seize on the drastic change in air quality to beef up its emissions reduction strategies.
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MANILA — Filipinos living in the country’s capital region have unimpeded views of the Sierra Madre mountain range — a sight not seen in decades through Manila’s notoriously polluted air.
A week after the Philippine government imposed a lockdown on its largest island, Luzon, on March 15 to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic, photos of Manila’s smog-free skyline with its mountain backdrop started circulating on social media.
Just before the lockdown, the Philippines ranked 57th out of 98 countries in IQAir AirVisual’s list of the world’s most polluted countries in 2019. Concentrations of tiny particulate matter, known as PM2.5, averaged 17.6 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3) last year, an increase from 14.6 μg/m3 in 2018. They exceeded the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safety limit of 10 μg/m3.
PM2.5 is defined as particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or smaller in diameter. These particles, a mix of soot, smoke, metals, chemicals, dust and other elements, can easily be breathed in and are associated with respiratory illnesses.
Manila’s air pollution has been linked to between 11,000 and 27,000 deaths in 2018 alone, according to a recent Greenpeace study, and affects 98% of the capital region’s 12.8 million people. The average pollution level in Metro Manila was 17.6 μg/m3 in 2019 and peaked during this past New Year’s Eve at 117 μg/m3 — a common occurrence as fireworks are lit in celebration. By January, ashfall caused by the eruption of the Taal volcano that month drove PM2.5 levels in Metro Manila to 86 μg/m3, according to the Manila Observatory.
Historically, experts expected less smog during the dry months of April and May. But data from both private organizations and the government show an even more drastic drop in air pollution levels following the imposition of the “enhanced community quarantine,” effectively the lockdown of the capital, to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections. Under the ECQ, as it’s known, public and private transportation has been cancelled, businesses forced to close, and personal mobility limited within the capital since March 15.
“This explains why our sky now is clear and looks clean,” says Benny Antiporda, undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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