36% of Pinoys say pollution an ‘acceptable tradeoff’ for economic progress – SWS
Philippine Star
Thirty-six percent of Filipinos agree that pollution is “an acceptable tradeoff” for economic progress which could have implications on the government and private groups’ campaign to protect the environment, a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.
However, more Filipinos or 42 percent don’t agree with this, while 20 percent are undecided, according to the SWS survey commissioned by international environmental group Greenpeace.
The survey, conducted from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 2007, used face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults divided into random samples of 300 each in Metro Manila, the balance of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Fifty percent of Filipinos say the danger of water pollution to one’s health is very serious, 22 percent say it is somewhat serious, nine percent say it is a little serious and 19 percent say it is hardly serious, the survey said.
On the danger of water pollution to the environment, 50 percent say it is very serious, 22 percent say somewhat serious, 10 percent a little serious, and 18 percent say it is hardly serious, the SWS noted.
The SWS said 48 percent people nationwide say they are aware of at least one environmental law.
“Specifically, 27 percent are aware of the Solid Waste Management Act, 26 percent are aware of the Clean Water Act, and 15 percent are aware of other laws enacted to help prevent pollution. Half or 50 percent say they are not aware of any law to prevent pollution.”
Forty percent say these laws are rarely enforced, 29 percent say they are occasionally enforced, 15 percent say they are often enforced, and eight percent say they are almost always enforced.
– Helen Flores
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