Excessively zealous citizens burn leaves to make the city as a whole and its own separate area more clean.. In fact, it is impossible to burn foliage, considers the head of the Ministry of Health Uliana Suprun.

"Bad habits threaten not only your health, but the whole ecosystem. In the Ukrainian agriculture there is still a sad tradition - in the fall, after harvesting, set fire to the remains of plants, dry grass or leaves.. Perhaps you also witnessed the burning of whole fields, because traces of such arsons are often noticeable along intercity routes.. This is a very dangerous phenomenon, "Suprun writes on his Facebook page..

She stressed that animals, birds and insects die in fire or die from lack of food, the upper layer of soil is also destroyed..

"Together with the smoke, poisonous substances - nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and carcinogenic compounds get into the air. Greenhouse gas emissions erode the climate. The fire can easily spread to the forests or homes of people living nearby.. Burning the remains of plants is harmful, ecologically and uncivilized, ”Suprun said.