The city of Manila is now home for more than twelve million people and is the fastest growing city since the seventies. Due to the cities many power and industrial plants the pollution in the city is so bad that when people are walking in the streets the often have to cover there faces with handkerchiefs to be able to breathe. Once the legislation was passed they would hope to stop the use of lead gas, start recycling more, ban incineration and many other thing that would help increase the quality of the air. The pollution is effecting many of the young children in the city. From children on the streets samples were taken from there urine and the results came back with seven percent having a high lead concentration.
Many people keep their children indoors using air filters to improve the air quality.