ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
POLLUTION IN BOGOTA INTRODUCTION The serious air pollution in Bogotá poisons all its inhabitants and is an Environmental Emergency neglected by the authorities. The problem has reached such a level that it is more and more frequent to see people suffering from fainting, especially in the Transmilenio area, and they have even died inside dangerously. Bogota is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Pollution comes mainly from diesel fuel, natural gas, both in buses and in household uses, from rubber released from articulated vehicles, from industrial pollution produced by obtaining energy through toxic burning boilers, and from the destruction of forests, wetlands and indiscriminate felling of trees, these last three to replace the green by cement and synthetic grass In times of unrest, there are focal points of dangerous tear gas contamination that disperse at low altitudes in the wind direction. Its continuous exposure can cause cancer. All the inhabitants of Bog...