The Country’s government has not been able to guarantee the citizen’s health and safety as many people suffer from premature deaths owing to the country’s poor air quality.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has been noted to show dangerously increasing pollution rates. The country has been recorded to have temperatures as low as -6 degrees in winter. The harsh climate calls for the consumption of wood and coal resources to preserve warmth and also to generate electricity.
#Bosnia and Herzegovina's outdated reliance on coal is killing thousands of people every year.
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) August 29, 2022
The authorities are doing little to prevent the problem or even to warn people of the risk to their health.
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The nation has been recorded to be the fifth highest in terms of mortality rates. In the months of winter, suspended particulate matter in the air as well as harmful gases such as nitrous and sulfur dioxides have been shown to be on an increase.
Lignite, a type of inferior quality coal is used countrywide to provide warmth indoors in winters. However, lignite, which happens to be available in outdated coalfields decreases the air quality drastically.
Polluted air has severely affected the air quality and thus, the quality of life in the nation. Physicians have reported that harmful gases in the atmosphere have led to people getting cancer, more and more kids coming down with asthma, and many other health complications.
The United Nations has declared a citizen’s right to a clean and safe environment as a basic human right. Environmental laws, throughout and across nations are considered an integral part of human rights.
The World Health Organization has also considered air pollution to be a significant threat to the health of living beings.
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