> If that was true then everybody in the city would have asthma.
Silver, Why is it everyone that smokes doesnt develop lung cancer? > It would be nice if these Havard yo-yos get their heads out of their > books and butts and actually hit the streets. They have brilliant minds, Silver. On Jan 30, 11:07 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote: > They have shown that Co2 is 60% higher in the city.....Add that to > all > the other pollutants > and you have an Asthma epidemic! > > If that was true then everybody in the city would have asthma. But > new studies have found that that 60 percent were confined to heavy > commercial zones where there are alot of trucks and buses. > > It would be nice if these Havard yo-yos get their heads out of their > books and butts and actually hit the streets. > > On Jan 30, 8:01 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > True, but if that was the case asthma rates would have been higher > > > back in the old days also, when everybody had some sort of animal in > > > their apartments, along with the rats and cockroaches but they > > > weren't. They are higher today. > > > My theory for the higher asthma rates has nothing to do with any old > > or new > > triggers. It has to do with peoples immune systems. The children being > > born in > > the city have weakened immune systems from all of the polluted air > > they breathe in. > > > Years ago, the children were not exposed to the chemicals they are > > today. Thats a fact. > > > > "Researchers say that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) may be a main > > > culprit" > > > > That is al-gorian BS. > > > Sorry, But it was a Harvard Medical Study. But of course that is NOT > > good enough for you?? > > > > Yeah, but it has nothing to do with the high asthma rates in inner > > > city kids. Now if the entire world showed high rates from all walks > > > of life then maybe that statement would be true. > > > They have shown that Co2 is 60% higher in the city.....Add that to all > > the other pollutants > > and you have an Asthma epidemic! > > > On Jan 30, 10:34 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Rats! There are lots of rats in the city! lol > > > > Remember that city kids are also exposed to perfume, pets and > > > stress... > > > ================================================================ > > > > True, but if that was the case asthma rates would have been higher > > > back in the old days also, when everybody had some sort of animal in > > > their apartments, along with the rats and cockroaches but they > > > weren't. They are higher today. > > > > "Researchers say that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) may be a main > > > culprit" > > > > That is al-gorian BS. > > > > "in large U.S. cities including Phoenix and Baltimore, Md., that are > > > at times up to 60% higher than in rural areas. > > > This is true but their conclusions was way off. > > > > "Burning fossil fuel -- coal, oil and natural gases -- is the greatest > > > contributor to the continuing increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide." > > > > Yeah, but it has nothing to do with the high asthma rates in inner > > > city kids. Now if the entire world showed high rates from all walks > > > of life then maybe that statement would be true. > > > > On Jan 30, 7:23 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Rats! There are lots of rats in the city! lol > > > > > Remember that city kids are also exposed to perfume, pets and > > > > stress...Probably more than the kids living in the country. When I > > > > lived in > > > > NY I wouldnt leave the house without a little perfume on my wrist. > > > > Now, I > > > > just wear perfume when I am going shopping at the mall or out for > > > > dinner, > > > > etc.. > > > > > Pets, People in NY keep pets inside for the most part! People in the > > > > south > > > > keep thier animals outside. > > > > > What is very interesting is that not enough Co2 causes the symptoms of > > > > an > > > > asthma attack, Yet too much C02 triggers it! > > > > > Researchers say that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) may be a main > > > > culprit. > > > > Recent studies identified CO2 levels in large U.S. cities including > > > > Phoenix > > > > and Baltimore, Md., that are at times up to 60% higher than in rural > > > > areas. > > > > Burning fossil fuel -- coal, oil and natural gases -- is the greatest > > > > contributor to the continuing increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. > > > > >http://www.webmd.com/asthma/news/20040429/high-carbon-dioxide-levels-... > > > > > Seriously, Too much C02 triggers asthma attacks. > > > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:14 PM, silver <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > From your article.... > > > > > > An asthma attack can be triggered by anything from perfume, pets, > > > > > wind, exercise or emotions. > > > > > > If that was true then so many middleclass surbuban kids will have > > > > > asthma. But they don't/ So then why is there such a disproportionant > > > > > number of city kids having asthma than their surbuban counterparts? > > > > > > On Jan 30, 7:03 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This is for everyone else.. > > > > > > >http://www.correctbreathing.com/asthma.htm > > > > > > > And this one is for you, Silver! ;o) > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LABoWPO1s_A&NR=1 > > > > > > > On Jan 30, 8:24 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Mercury, care to give it a shot?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. 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