POLLUTION REPORT
Distribution Urged “I think this is an excellent report, and all the members of the air pollution advisory committee are to be congratulated,” Mid the president of the Christchurch Clean Air Society (Mr 1. R. Densem). Because the report was a scientific document of 80-odd pages, however, it was unlikely to be read by the main body of citizens, he said. The society thought the main recommendations and the “meat” of the report should be put into eight or 10 pages, and this smaller report should be sent to every householder in Christchurch. Among the most important points in the report were the staggering figure of 17,000 tons of pollution in the city’s air each year, he said, and the annual damage of up to £lm from sulphuric acid, resulting from sulphur dioxide combining with moisture in the air. Mr Densem said that in the section of the report on air pollution and health. Dr. F. A. de Hamel was quoted as saying there was no evidence that air pollution was playing any part in the increased rate of lung cancer. This did not seem to tie in with figures In the report which indicated a higher rate of lung cancer and bronchitis in the central and southern areas of the city, those where pollution was worst, Mr Densem said.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31123, 28 July 1966, Page 6
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