Public Health and Fuels - C#225;mara Argentina del Gas Natural 公共卫生和燃料- C和# 225；阿根廷玛拉删除天然气.docVIP

Public Health and Fuels (An assessment and compilation from the NGV point of view) By Gregorio Kopyto P.E. -Manager of the Argentine Chamber for Natural Gas Vehicles -Oil Gas Marketing Operations and Engineering expert info@.ar 1. INTRODUCTION The World Health Organization reported in the year 2000 that three million people die each year from the effects of air pollution and a comparison was done with a million that die from automobile accidents. Pollution killing more than 500,000 Asians each year is the latest data from the WHO. So, Asian governments are starting actions. China, pushed in part by its commitment to clean up Beijing for the 2008 Olympics, has launched a nationwide campaign to improve air and water, replacing dirty fuels with cleaner-burning natural gas. In South Korea, the government has replaced a fifth of the countrys diesel-fueled buses with vehicles that run on compressed natural gas. In New Delhi, India, a law mandates CNG propelled buses and other vehicles in order to curb pollution. Cities like Washington, New York, Madrid, Beijing, Los Angeles, etc have introduced CNG buses in their public transportation system to curb pollution and to comply with alternative fuel policies. A study published by The Lancet in year 2000 concluded that air pollution in France, Austria and Switzerland is responsible for more than 40,000 deaths annually in these countries. The publication says half of these deaths are due to vehicle emissions. The Regulatory Agencies from developed and developing countries in general do not regulate Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) coming from the vehicle emissions and therefore their statistics do not give a specific idea of the problem and only estimations are known. But without doubt air pollution and Toxic Air Contaminants in a major degree are a significant factor shaping public health. Over the past 10 years many epidemiological studies worldwide have measured increases in mortality and morbidity associated with air polluti