It also affects children's mental processes. It is the cause of kidney disease and fertility disorders. Part of CAIP's efforts to address air pollution is the establishment of a link between the different authorities, particularly the EEAA, the governorates, the Local Councils and the Environment Bureaus. With the completion of the lead foundries work-plan under the CAIP, Safar expects the elimination of 95 per cent of lead emissions by the foundries at the targeted sites. The monitoring of emissions will be maintained to ensure adherence to the Environment Law.
All lead foundries are to be moved away from densely populated areas within the next five years.
The supervisor of the ministry's Central Department for Information and Training, Nirvana Khedr, noted that the relation between children and the environment raises several crucial issues. First, we are merely borrowing the environment from future generations. Therefore, we must preserve and protect it. Second, if we are to protect the environment and nature's resources in the future, our first concern should be to educate children today. Third, it is the responsibility of each person concerned with the environment to protect children from pollution.