The amount of $50 or approximately 2150 Pesos is used to analyze a simple to see if Persistent Organic Pollutants are present. A tester will consume and spend a minimum of $280 or 12040 Pesos in testing different samples. If there are 1000 testers scattered across the country the government will spend more or less $280000 or 1,2040,000 Pesos in just reviewing the samples. Food, shelter and transportation allowance are not yet included there. That’s why the government has a hard time monitoring Persistent Organic Pollutants in the country because these problems arise. Considering that a small part of the budget is allocated for DENR. And also the fact that a lot of devoted NGO’s have no funds to sustain these test methods.
Kevin S. Cupat
Source: http://www.aecen.org/good-practices/monitoring-persistent-organic-pollutants-philippines
No comments:
Post a Comment