The fog, which has been affecting Istanbul for the last few days, negatively affected the transportation in the city, besides, it was the scene of beautiful photographs. Did you know that this fog is actually an air pollution event that is harmful to human health and is called “smog”?
for the past few days Dense fog in Istanbulnegatively affected urban transportation. The fog, which concentrated especially around Üsküdar, Kadıköy, Beşiktaş and Sarıyer, was also intensely effective in Bakırköy, Zeytinburnu, Beylikdüzü and Büyükçekmece districts. Although the fog had negative consequences for transportation, it also provided cinematographic moments as a scene for beautiful images.
Did you know that this fog that we have seen in beautiful photographs with the beauties of Istanbul for a few days is not just a visual event? This weather event, which occurs within the scope of a meteorological event called inversion and where air pollution is seen together with fog, “smog” is called.
A weather event that could lead to fatalities
The General Directorate of Meteorology published an inversion risk map at night last night. In this map, it was seen that the inversion was high in Istanbul. Although only fog is seen and it is thought that it is not harmful, it is an event that is harmful to human health, especially because it traps and intensifies air pollution. As a result of inversion and the air pollution it causes with the deaths There are three events in the relevant history.
The first of these events happened in the Meuse valley of Belgium in 1930. In this incident, 63 people died and hundreds of people became ill. The second event is of the USA It happened in the state of Pennsylvania in 1948. 20 people died, 6 thousand people got sick. Third, the capital of Britain in London in 1952 lived. It’s hard to believe, but 4,000 people died and 10 people got sick. In addition, all of these events took place in the autumn or winter season. According to the information on the website of the Istanbul Air Quality Monitoring Center, it is understood that this fog, or “smog”, is not a simple weather phenomenon.
chemical soup
Between the Earth and the warm air layer in the atmosphere trapped polluted aircauses a layer to form just above the earth. Making a statement about this weather event, Pediatric Specialist Prof. Dr. Elif Dağlı, of the event called smog for those with lung and heart disease Said it was dangerous. Dağlı stated that children may also be adversely affected by smog as their lungs continue to develop.
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smog chemical soup Dağlı, who defines it asMicroscopic particles are mixed into the air as a result of industry, traffic, construction pollutants, garbage, wood-coal burning. Ground ozone released from the combustion of fossil fuels, industrial activities and sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide are also released into the air as gases. Meteorological changes also contribute to this chemical soup. Fog and stagnant air increase the damage of these gases and particles. Symptoms may occur depending on the person’s age, health status, region of residence, and the duration of exposure to chemicals.” he stated.