Environmental Sanitation Inspectors: Combating Dengue Fever and Cigarette Butts in Chiayi County

2023-07-24 09:37:23

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Release time: 2023/07/24 17:37:23

(Central News Service 20230724 17:37:23) On the 23rd, the Chiayi County Environmental Protection Bureau called on nearly 60 environmental protection volunteers to become “environmental sanitation inspectors” to conduct environmental health checks in the county special zone. On that day, the volunteers divided into four groups and cleared 327 water-logged containers and picked up an estimated 2,471 cigarette butts.

Zhang Huichuan, director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, said that the county government special zone is the administrative center of Chiayi, and there are Chang Gung Medical Zone, Ma Chouhou Industrial Park, and the South Campus of the Forbidden City in the surrounding areas.

According to statistics, 2,646 water-logging containers have been cleared from January to June this year, 147 cigarette butts were persuaded to be discarded at will, and 3 cases were reported. Check the green plants planted at the door of the house, and the water in the bottom of the potted plant indirectly forms a breeding ground for vector mosquitoes. The most important work in dengue fever prevention and control is to “remove breeding sources”. Therefore, to prevent dengue fever, please be sure to implement the 4 steps of “patrolling, pouring, cleaning, and brushing”.

In addition, cigarette butts are often discarded in gutters, convenience stores, shopping streets, etc. in the county government area, forming an invisible killer of the environment. It will not only damage the cleanliness of the environment, but may also block the sewers, causing environmental hazards or extending the blockage of the gutters. The public is urged to implement the good habit of “bring your own cigarette butt boxes and keep the cigarette butts on the ground”.

The Environmental Protection Agency reminds that as the dengue fever epidemic continues to spread in the southern region, people should strengthen their home environmental sanitation, especially the water-logged containers that are breeding sources of vector mosquitoes. It is recommended to check the water in indoor and outdoor containers every day. If you see water in eaves gutters, water-filled flower vases, glass bottles, tin cans, canvas racks, abandoned tires, tree holes, and ditches that don’t flow, everyone has the responsibility to take the initiative to remove it. summer.
Environmental education volunteers in Chiayi County turned into environmental sanitation inspectors Dengue fever, cigarette butts OUT!

Environmental education volunteers in Chiayi County turned into environmental sanitation inspectors Dengue fever, cigarette butts OUT!

Environmental education volunteers in Chiayi County turned into environmental sanitation inspectors Dengue fever, cigarette butts OUT!

Environmental education volunteers in Chiayi County turned into environmental sanitation inspectors Dengue fever, cigarette butts OUT!

Environmental education volunteers in Chiayi County turned into environmental sanitation inspectors Dengue fever, cigarette butts OUT!

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