Pollution in Iran

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The paper explains that after the Iran-Iraq war, Iran implemented two social and economic development plans. It explains that the first plan was largely concerned with the country's economy. The paper explains that the second plan was created based on the failures and accomplishments of the first plan. It explains that the second plan focused mainly on the basic economic needs of the population and protecting the environment because air and soil pollution had reached critical levels. The writer details the air pollution problem and the health effects it is having on the population. The writer discusses the laws imposed by the government to help solve the air pollution problems, focusing on the laws regarding transportation. The paper discusses the recommended course of action to decrease the air pollution. In conclusion, the writer states that should Iran choose not to undertake the recommended course of action to reduce air pollution, the death and disease rate alone will be prohibitively expensive in terms of capital expense and in terms of overall economic degradation.

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"The long term effects of increasing levels of air pollution are more drastic. An average lowering of the general public health will have to be compensated for by an increase in government and personal spending in the medical sector. The Iran Greens, an independent, private agency operating in Tehran, claimed that an increasing rate of heart disease, lung ailments and cancers are a direct result of air pollution. They also maintained that stress and anxiety syndromes are similarly related to the environmental poisons. This weakening of overall public health is not only a medical crisis, it is an economic one. Iran's primary work force is in danger of retiring earlier, dying younger and raising unhealthy children. The burden of this trend will be shouldered by a government that is still in the process of developing its economic resources to their fullest potential. "

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