Air pollution
■ Sir,—Our Minister of Health, Mr Malcolm, should come to Christchurch on a still evening when the smoke levels are many times higher than W.H.O. acceptable levels and smell the air. If he had to forgo the. comfort of his 5- litre ministerial car which releases O.lg of lead per km, and cycle down Riccarton Road, he might rethink his statement that Christchurch pollution “might not be particularly serious.” Must the ill-effects of air pollution be immediately apparent with people dropping in the streets before the problem is taken seriously? If the Minister’s tap water had a strange taste would he wait until he felt ill-effects before he stopped drinking it? New Zealanders take clean drinking water for granted. Why must we tolerate breathing bad air?—Yours, etc., K. J. MOORE. June 13, 1982.
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