Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Amy
Let’s start off with Beijing.
U.S. Cyclists Wear Pollution Masks in Airport, Then Apologize
This is a ridiculous story. Not because the athletes wore the masks in the airport, where the air is filtered and the move therefore struck some as unnecessary and even inflammatory, and not because the thick, thick tension surrounding Beijing’s air problem prompted […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 by Amy
It’s 105 degrees with the heat index here and the midday air resembles soup more than anything else, but I’m still in a fine, fine mood this morning. School starts exactly two weeks from today, and I get to stop juggling writing and editing projects with the summer entertainment of two children.
If you’re an Asthma […]
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Posted on August 1st, 2008 by Amy
Last Gasp - Emergency Beijing Smog Relief
Since the previous emergency plan didn’t work, the Chinese government implemented an even more drastic one to reduce pollution in time for the Olympics. Make sure you check out the photos.
From Australia, Two Views on the Pollution, Olympics
One expert says athlete deaths are possible, if not likely, while head […]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Amy
The Environmental Protection Agency makes it almost too easy. These posts practically write themselves with an agency that claims this motto:
Protecting human health, safeguarding the environment
but actually:
A) ignores or downplays “human health concerns”
by
B) placing budgetary concerns over environmental health risks (illegally, too!) and operating under a veil of secrecy.
This long, winding road of refusal to […]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Amy
Occasionally, I wonder how often I should revisit a particular subject. How many different ways are there, really, to describe asthma maintenance plans and debate the merits of inhaled steroids?
Not that many.
And yet sometimes life will whack me on the back of the head and tell me I need those constant asthma reminders, as I […]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Amy
New Allergy Research: Kids Eat Cooked Egg, Overcome Egg Allergy Faster
Greek researchers fed 94 egg-allergic kids tiny amounts of cake (that contained egg, of course) over several months, increasing the amount of cake over time. After 6 months, over 95% of the children could eat eggs that hadn’t been cooked as thoroughly, and they exhibited […]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by Amy
First, with all the backlash after using the words brat, idiot, and moron to describe autistic kids, Michael Savage is standing by his remarks and refuses to apologize. Not only that, but he’s actually claiming credit for adding to the autism dialogue, as the New York Times reports:
But he said he was proud to have […]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Amy
The Olympics are just a few weeks away now, keeping the spotlight right on Beijing’s air pollution problems and the Chinese government’s efforts to clean them up. Among the questions:
Will U.S. Athletes Wear Masks?
Apparently, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) developed and distributed some top-secret masks for competitors, but the decision is up to them. The […]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Amy
H. Pylori Stomach Bacteria Prevents Asthma?
Kids who tested positive for this very common bug (thought to play a role in ulcers and stomach cancer later in life) were 59% less likely to have asthma. As the thinking goes, the rise in asthma in recent decades could be a result of over-cleanliness and early antibiotic use’s […]
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Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Amy
Guess I’m not updating until I get back, since we’re busier hiking up mountains and red rocks than I thought.
Expect lots of gorgeous photos on Monday, but here’s the short version: my kid’s lungs are working like gangbusters here in the thin, clear air, although the altitude sure is tiring her little sister out.
As […]
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