Pollution in Philippines

The value 0 is considered very low and the value 100 is considered very high.

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Water is often equivalent to life itself. However, for the archipelago of Southeast Asia between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, Philippine water pollution makes this valuable resource a matter of life. According to a report issued by the Asian Development Bank, "heavy inorganic pollutants are increasingly making water a threat to life." Environmental protection group Greenpeace warned that Filipinos in major agricultural areas would drink nitric acid contaminated drinking water. . After investigating important agricultural areas, Greenpeace warned that the nitrate level was much higher than the safety limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The team also said, "30% of all groundwater well drinking water shows nitrate levels above the safety threshold of 50 mg / L nitrate in the World Health Organization (WHO)."

Water pollution is a big problem in the Philippines. According to Asian Water Environment Cooperation (WEPA), 32% of the Philippine land area (about 96,000 square kilometers) is used for agriculture. The main crops are pa (m), corn, sugar cane, fruit, root vegetables, a vegetable and wood (rubber), due to population growth, urbanization, all of agriculture and industrialization has reduced the Philippines of water quality WEPA And the impact of water pollution The government is striving to solve this problem and continues efforts to impose polluters and environmental taxes fine, but according to government monitoring data that many problems have not yet been solved, Up to 58% of groundwater monitored within 5 years is contaminated. About one-third of the illness is caused by water.