Union, Progress and Democracy Murcia proposed in its election manifesto for the progressive replacement in City parks and gardens, plants, trees and flowers high allergy rate.
The importance of this measure is based on the high percentage of Murcia allergy and asthma sufferers, in particular double the rest of the country in asthma according to the report allergological 2005.
The total number of allergy sufferers Murcia Murcia reaches the 275,000 as stated in the report made in 2008 by Deputy Allergy Service Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, José María Black, and Chief of Allergy at the Reina Sofia Juan Carlos Miranda.
According to this study, 20,000 Murcia stop going to work because of allergy, which has a high economic impact.
Explains the candidate for mayor of Murcia, Rubén Juan Serna, "the provision of olive trees, grasses and flowers of high pollination leads to an increase in cases of allergy and asthma in the population, so it is necessary for plant replacement allergy low impact. "
Source: UPyD Murcia