The Polluted Capital City

The Main Problem The Bogotá River is not known for being the main channel of the Bogota savannah, or for not being navigable or mighty, but for the very high levels of contamination that this body possesses.  The felling of trees, the illegal water catchments, the deposit of domestic and industrial waste that reaches the Bogotá River, the disposal of garbage, industrial waste with heavy metals, and the lack of interest in efficiently and responsibly managing the river's waters, make it a benchmark for dirt and pollution worldwide. But ... What generates the contamination of the river? The industrial discharges of the Villapinzón Cundinamarca tanneries located 5 kilometers from the source. The lack of treatment plants that efficiently manage their domestic waters and discharge their waters in poor condition to the river including Bogotá, generating 80% of the contamination. The remaining 20% ​​is produced by industries, extractive mining and rubble. The three discharges in Bogotá th...

 Another problem regarding the issue of pollution is that we expose the problems, but not the solutions. In this space I want to make known what we should and what we shouldn't do. What should we do? • Do not use the Transmilenio buses. • Use a bicycle frequently. • Claim for an environmentally friendly public transportation system. • Know that private cars contribute the least to pollution. ✅ But...What shouldn't we do? • Use the car for short trips. • Have multiple exhaust pipes in the car. • Continue to use the carcinogen Trasmilenio. • Leave the natural gas in the kitchen on. ❎ Keep in mind that I'm only talking about air pollution, but other types of pollution are lacking, such as water pollution, green areas, etc.

Bogota is the  capital of Colombia, therefore, the largest city with the largest population. However, this can be an environmental problem, as the city generates immense amounts of pollution, be it from diesel fuel, natural gas, rubber from automobiles, industrial jobs, and destruction and logging indiscriminate number of hectares of forests. Diesel and natural gas have been proven to be carcinogenic, in addition, Bogotá has more than 23,000 carcinogenic buses, and even so, they continue to export more Another big problem is the articulated buses of Transmilenio , or worse still, the bi-articulated buses. These articulated emit more carcinogenic particles from the tire rubber. Many companies blame private cars as the main cause of pollution, but the reality, which many studies show, is that cars have minimal influence since the amount of particles and gases emitted by gasoline engines is much lower, no carcinogenic and with 300 times less greenhouse effect. effect than diesel. The ...