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Clean air, act

Fighting air pollution

Our last post has been last August 2014.  It seems tiring to post because of inaction of people/authorities.  They could not care less if there are super strong typhoon coming from global warming coming from increased CO2 level coming from air pollution. Who cares?

On that score, the agency in charge of air pollution should be castigated for being less proactive in battling air pollution

                   Birds flying by unmindful of air pollution

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You Tube Video on How air pollution affects children's health

We oldies can afford not to worry about air pollution.  As seniors, we have short time to live.  But we worry about our children.  What will be they like in the face of onslaught of poor air quality, aside from crimes and resources that will soon be exhausted?

Top ten causes of mortality in the PHL in relation ot air pollution

From Wiki.Answers Com

The top ten causes of mortality in the PHL in 2011 were:

l.  heart disease
2. stroke
3. cancer
4.C.O.P.D
5. road accidents and injuries
6. diabetes
7. Dengue fever
8. Maternal deaths
9. Kidney failure
10. Perinatal conditions

Number 4 is clearly related to smoking and air pollution.  In my recent post regarding air pollution in UK, it was established that the cause of deaths from heart disease were PM 2.5 pollutants.  Diesel fumes has been established to be carcinogenic (#3)

The PM 2.5 lodges into the lungs and RBC that passes through the lungs for oxygenation.  The PM 2.5 is carried to other organs and tissues and the first stop is the heart from pulmonary vein.  The PM 2.5 causes inflammation in the heart and eventually heart disease.

It is clear also here that there are more deaths from COPD rather than from road accidents and injuries.  This is a similar experience to post on California.