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12 May 2013

Author:
Outlook Afghanistan

The Curse of Pollution [Afghanistan]

The problem of air pollution is...rampant in...Kabul city...National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) considers Kabul's air vulnerable and fears that it can cause eyes, lungs and skin diseases, including cancer...Most of the times, the fuel doesn't come from the petrol stations rather they are provided by the suppliers on the road sides and small shops where the petrol and diesel are kept in water buckets and tanks. They do not go through any process of purification and contain large number of harmful particle including lead.