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POLLUTIONSOLUTIONS

12 Key Strategies to Reduce Pollution and Save Lives

Prioritize & Plan


Review programs based on health
and economic impact. Prioritize with Water
political realities included. Pollution
7.  In cities, fund wastewater treatment
plants & connect houses.
Outdoor 8. Install village and home local sanitation
Air Pollution and clean water systems. Include safe
water storage.
1. Switch to lower sulfur content fuels.
2.  Control large & small stationary polluters. Soils,
Switch fuels, install scrubbers, change
zoning, enforce policy, educate. Heavy Metals,
3.  Require catalytic converters and better Chemicals
efficiency standards for cars and trucks. 9.  C
 reate an inventory of highly polluted
4.  Reduce open burning for agriculture. sites. Look for major health exposures.
Use new ways of dealing with 10. Reduce emmissions and clean up sites
farm waste. posing biggest health threats first.
Prevention first. Polluter pays, if possible.
11. Look for lead (Pb) exposures. Pottery,
Household Air battery recycling & paint. Test peoples
blood.
5. C
 hoose cleaner fuels
not kerosene, wood or coal.
Support bottled gas, biogas, solar,
or electrification.
Workplace
6.  Choose cookstoves that reduce
particulate emissions. 12. Regulate occupational exposures & fund
effective enforcement.

Tips Monitoring is critical


to develop baselines,
and determine
Fund enforcement
activities. Regulations
without effective
Share solutions
regionally. Other
countries & cities may
program effectiveness. enforcement are have answers.
ineffective.

GAHP offers guidance in pollution controlLearn more about the Health and Pollution Action Planning Process
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