{"id":314,"date":"2013-09-05T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=314"},"modified":"2013-09-05T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T07:00:32","slug":"open-burning-danger-to-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/open-burning-danger-to-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Open burning, danger to health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open burning is the burning of any matter, where smoke is released directly into the ambient air without passing through an adequate stack or flue which is a big cause of acute respiratory tract diseases, according to a Pediatric Respirologist<\/strong>– by Lorraine Josiane Manishatse<\/em><\/p>\n

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Open burning at Mubone public dump \u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

Wherever you go to Bujumbura City Council and everywhere in the country in general, you find cases of open burning in public areas like schools, hospitals, churches, and markets…<\/p>\n

According to Francois Ndikumwenayo, a Pediatric Respirologist, smoke from various kinds of grass, plastics, sachets, oil, car tyres, batteries, glass materials \u2026 causes pollution. It is not only that smoke which is the source of air pollution, but also there is a type of smoke released by factories, industries and diesel vehicles. That released smoke affects immediately our respiration because we inhale it.\u201cPeople may have respiratory tract diseases such as asthma, rhino sinusitis\u2026.when they are exposed to polluted air,\u201d he explains.
\nThe exposure of a patient suffering from a chronic respiratory disease to air pollution may worsen it.<\/p>\n

The view is shared by Mrs. M K, suffering from chronic asthma, met at CMCK hospital who indicates that she often gets crisis because of smoke.
\n\u201cThis morning when I have left home going to work, the groom of my neighbor was burning household waste, suddenly, I felt sick and this is the reason why I am here for treatment,\u201d she regrets. Dr Ndikumwenayo continues that a long exposure of children to smoke may result in acute respiratory disease like pneumonia or acute bronchitis and serious deterioration of breathing apparatus.<\/p>\n

In the same way, Mireille Mizero, Assistant Lecturer at the University of Burundi, Expert in Environmental Sciences, Prevention and Pollution Remediation, points out that open burning is more and more hazardous because smoke from burned materials can even cause cancer.
\n\u201cI think that people from Buterere Commune where there is a public dump will get serious problems caused by smoke due to the frequent burned rubbish\u201d she states.For Dr Ndikumwenayo, it is worth implementing hygienic and professional treatment of solid waste and garbage. There should also be a good control of diesel engine vehicles.
\nAccording to Mizero, we must always prevent open burning because it is harmful to human beings\u2019 health and environment.<\/p>\n

Legend: Open burning at Mubone public dump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Open burning is the burning of any matter, where smoke is released directly into the ambient air without passing through an adequate stack or flue which is a big cause of acute respiratory tract diseases, according to a Pediatric Respirologist– by Lorraine Josiane Manishatse Wherever you go to Bujumbura City Council and everywhere in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[490,532,565],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}