Parents extremely dissatisfied and concerned about Hong Kong air pollution

May 12, 2010
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Parents extremely dissatisfied and concerned about Hong Kong air pollution

CAN released the results of its parent survey last week at a press conference led by Dr. Alfred Tam, Chairman of the Hong Kong Asthma Society. For the first time, Chinese media wrote about air pollution as a health problem – a genuine breakthrough in the dialogue about this problem. Some of the damning conclusions of the survey which was conducted in pediatricians’ clinics throughout Hong Kong were:

91% of parents think the current poor air quality threatens their children’s health

81% found it more severe when compared to 3 years ago

31% of the parents surveyed had children with chronic coughs

96% think the government should spend more to clean up the air

Download the full powerpoint of findings here.

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