Study: Only 14 percent of Canadians believe air pollution is very dangerous to health
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Only 14 percent of Canadians believe air pollution is very dangerous to their health, according to a study released Tuesday by the Environics Research Group.
While they admit that poor air quality causes some health risks, they think the danger would happen if they had been exposed on a long-term basis or the threat is more on weaker members of the community.
The survey said those Canadians would only change their outlook if they or a member of their household became ill because of poor air quality.
The survey found that 48 percent of the 1,400 respondents view air pollution as a somewhat serious hazard, while 32 percent did not even consider it a serious hazard.
The survey supports an earlier Environics study that Canadians are not focused on climate change issues as they were in 2007 and 2008, according to Environics Group Vice President for Public Affairs Dr. Keith Neuman.
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