http://www.livefrombeijing.com/2008/10/pollution-increases-after-the-olympics/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:49:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.livefrombeijing.com/2008/10/pollution-increases-after-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-30 rgw Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.livefrombeijing.com/2008/10/pollution-increases-after-the-olympics/#comment-30 I have no real data other than a general idea as a practicing pediatrician. Given that caveat, I would say long term lower exposure would be more dangerous/worrisome than periodic individual spikes, as long as the latter are not immediately toxic, e.g., smoke inhalation in a fire. An analogous situation would be the ill effects of chronic idiopathic (non-specific) moderate high blood pressure versus suddenly very high pressure with a known cause which is definitively treated (like a benign tumor). I have no real data other than a general idea as a practicing pediatrician. Given that caveat, I would say long term lower exposure would be more dangerous/worrisome than periodic individual spikes, as long as the latter are not immediately toxic, e.g., smoke inhalation in a fire. An analogous situation would be the ill effects of chronic idiopathic (non-specific) moderate high blood pressure versus suddenly very high pressure with a known cause which is definitively treated (like a benign tumor).

]]> http://www.livefrombeijing.com/2008/10/pollution-increases-after-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-29 ALW Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:15:00 +0000 http://www.livefrombeijing.com/2008/10/pollution-increases-after-the-olympics/#comment-29 i don't want to think about the possible accumulated damage i've done to myself after three years here. i'm certainly not as good of a runner and i definitely get colds more often...at the same time, i look at all the 70 year-old men who congregate around my building at night chain smoking their zhongnanhai's, and i think: "hey, i'm gonna be okay!" i don’t want to think about the possible accumulated damage i’ve done to myself after three years here. i’m certainly not as good of a runner and i definitely get colds more often…at the same time, i look at all the 70 year-old men who congregate around my building at night chain smoking their zhongnanhai’s, and i think: “hey, i’m gonna be okay!”

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