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Concepción, Chile

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The BreatheLife campaign (Respira la Vida) is helping Concepción create cleaner air, healthier citizens, and stronger ecosystems. Concepción, a city of 225,000 residents, is focusing its air quality efforts on clean energy, improved management of household waste, and green transportation such as bicycles. The city is also launching a local pollution monitoring system to enable more efficient local responses.

The municipality of Concepción is committed to continue working with the CCAC and the BreatheLife campaign in the protection of wetlands, forests and parks of the commune.

Andrea Aste, Municipality of Concepción, Directorate of Environment
The Air Pollution in

Concepcion , Chile

Member BreatheLife
0
300%
OVER THE SAFE LEVEL PM2.5 annual exposure*

*PM 2.5 concentrations measured in micrograms of particles per cubic meter of air (µg/m3) Data: WHO Global Platform on Air Quality & Health

WHO Guideline (10)Lowest level at which premature mortality risk increases in response to long-term exposure

Interim target 1 (35)Associated with 15% higher premature mortality relative to the WHO guideline of 10 µg/m3

Interim target 2 (25)Associated with 6% lower premature mortality risk relative to Interim Target 1 (35 µg/m3)

Interim target 3 (15)Associated with 6% lower premature mortality risk relative to Interim Target 2 (25 µg/m3)

More about the data

Air Quality & Health Burden Chile

6,503 Annual Deaths from air pollution
Outdoor AIR POLLUTION

Leading Killer

Ischemic heart disease

National Air Quality

20

annual average PM 2.5

Household AIR POLLUTION

Leading Killer

Acute lower respiratory infection

Child Deaths (0-5yrs)

6

per year

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