by airlief | Apr 26, 2018 | Air Pollution, Children Asthma, Health, Smoke
1. Don’t smoke while pregnant and don’t smoke in public! If you’re a pregnant mother, protect your unborn child by not smoking. And that includes passive smoking. When a pregnant woman breathes in smoke, it can cause inflammation that disrupts blood...
by airlief | Apr 23, 2018 | Air Pollution, Health
A British friend, married to a Chinese wife and with a young child, went off to Beijing, where he had found a job as an English teacher so that his wife could spend some time with her mother. He was in good spirits when he left London. Yet, within a few weeks, he was...
by airlief | Jan 8, 2018 | Air Pollution, Asthma, Health
Only the witches in Macbeth could truly appreciate many of our most polluted cities. “Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through the fog and filthy air …” was their chant. Well, the witches might have enjoyed it. But, sadly, air pollution affects health to a...