More than 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy air, says new report

Re:More than 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy a... by zitterbewegung on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @02:17PM (#16860903)

This really affects me. I have asthma throughout my life and it shows. I think it has made me more sedentary throughout my life.

I have actually breathed really well once when I was doing work halfway inside a server farm at Alcatel Lucent (it was one of the monitor rooms so it wasn't noisy).

I can notice the air in my house is not fit to breathe and I buy hepa filters for my house.

I have thought about using an oxygen tank or some respirator and seeing if that had any measurable affect .

I just had an asthma attack today because someone spilled toner on the ground.

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Re:More than 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy a... by Symbiote on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:00PM (#16861252)

Where do you live? A city, or a small town, or a village?

The difference seems like it would make a big difference in traffic pollution.

I know of http://airqualitynow.eu/comparing_home.php for some EU settlements, and the difference between places can be massive. (Storrington at the bottom has a population of 4000. I don't know the criteria for appearing on that list.)

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Re:More than 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy a... by 52-6F-62 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:16PM (#16861918)

Not OP, but anecdotally— I grew up in a small town (Pop ~5000, now ~6000) in rural Ontario, Canada. I live in the city now.

Whenever I visit home I can taste how much sweeter the air is. The difference is palpable— especially in areas where there is limited medium/heavy industrial production and more agriculture and wilderness.

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Re:More than 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy a... by zitterbewegung on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:13PM (#16861377)

I mainly commute in the Chicagoland area and live in the Suburbs.

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Re:More than 95% of world's population breathing unhealthy a... by santiagogo on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:04PM (#16861800)

I started suffering from exercise induced asthma last year. It sucks, but I've found that with good nutrition, using the correct medications and trying to stay in a clean air environment (air cleanser, HEPA mask, etc), it's very manageable. There is a lot of good recent research out there on how to manage it, but I've noticed that most asthma sufferers and doctors are not even aware of it.

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