Posts Tagged ‘health’
Sustained Exposure to Air Pollutants Proven to REDUCE Life Expectency in China
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 20:48 Comments Off on Sustained Exposure to Air Pollutants Proven to REDUCE Life Expectency in ChinaAs you may have noticed, there is a bit of a theme around air pollution in China lately. For me, it is an issue that I view as CHINA wide, which is to say that you will not catch my taking selfies out of a window in Beijing and framing the issue on that level, […]
Lung Cancer Rates in Beijing up 50%. Breathing Blamed
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 21:06 Comments Off on Lung Cancer Rates in Beijing up 50%. Breathing BlamedThis morning’s article from the Telegraph (Lung cancer rates in Beijing are up by 50 PER CENT (but officials claim it’s due to smoking NOT the smog), leads with some very sobering bullet points about the crisis that is air quality in China. Lung cancer rates in China’s capital have doubled in a decade Officials […]
10 Foods I (Try to) Avoid in China
Monday, May 14, 2012 9:10 11 CommentsFollowing last week’s post, I was reminded by a reader about a post I wrote a couple years back , and I decided to update it as the core of the post was a list of foods that I generally avoid in China. It is a list that has changed over time, but in looking […]