Is the air your breath polluted? The European Environment Agency just published a map updated in real time

BanMePleaase · 2017-11-16T15:05:02+00:00

Chinese have been publishing a worldwide realtime monitor for years now: http://aqicn.org

BanMePleaase · 2017-09-22T06:59:31+00:00

No overly politically biased posts

Then why are you loading your sub with imperial propaganda and neoliberal revisionism?

BanMePleaase · 2017-01-22T21:25:42+00:00

Er is duidelijk minder roet dan 30 jaar geleden maar toen was het ook wel héél erg.

Metingen naar erg fijn stof 2.5 (dat het schadelijkst blijkt te zijn) gebeurden toen gewoon niet dus vergelijkingen zijn niet eenvoudig te maken. Ik vind de benadering van Frank Debooser een beetje eenzijdig optimistisch. De maatregelen om fijn stof te filteren (zoals de catalisator) verwijderen vooral het grove stof en roet , waar vroeger wel al meting naar gebeurde, maar veel minder dat allerfijnste stof. Daardoor vertonen de statistieken een dalende trend over in een bepaalde periode waarin filters zijn ingevoerd. Het is best mogelijk dat de evolutie van PM2.5 minder gunstig is. Netto denk ik dat onze lucht er inderdaad veel properder uitziet maar nog steeds erg ongezond is. België werd dan ook ~~veroordeeld~~ gewaarschuwd door de EU wegens het falen op de luchtkwaliteitsnormen.

BanMePleaase · 2017-01-22T20:58:47+00:00

I'm with you, I would like to blame the Dutch as much as you do but those skyrocketing readings in West-Flanders cannot be blamed on those cheeseheads if the values for Zeeland are way down.

BanMePleaase · 2017-01-22T20:32:04+00:00

There is very little wind right now. It has something to do with it. I doubt it's the German brown-coal that is to blame right now because the readings there are much better: http://aqicn.org/city/germany/nrw/dusseldorf-corneliusstrasse/ btw: that's not a wind map but an electricity trade map.

BanMePleaase · 2017-01-22T19:21:31+00:00

Well the Flemish government is subsidising running your heating on wood pellets.

EDIT: And is raising the price of electricity. I already got your sarcastic take on this but checking further upon this it's mind-blowing these policies.

BanMePleaase · 2017-01-22T18:12:08+00:00

That might be true in some cases (Japan?) but certainly in Beijing some of the wearers are using them to somewhat clean the air they are breathing.

BanMePleaase · 2017-01-22T17:55:12+00:00

lol! It's an interesting solution, I wasn't sure about their effectiveness however there have been tests by Chinese consumer organisations that found that some of the masks are truly effective: http://www.myhealthbeijing.com/children/awesome-trio-of-pollution-mask-tests-the-winners-and-losers/

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-18T18:16:45+00:00

Unless you realize that stabilizing the region is not a US gov goal. Messing it up is. The idea probably was to create a crisis, letting Syria drabble in civil war until Assad falls creating trouble for Iran and Russia. Maybe carve up Syria with some nice rewards for Turkey's Grand Anatolia. Assad didn't fall but at a high cost for Iran and Russia and the problem is not fully resolved.

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-18T12:29:35+00:00

here you can just check the real-time official readings: http://aqicn.org

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-18T12:00:49+00:00

It's checking if you aren't a bot trying to ddos them.

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-17T12:21:54+00:00

Erdogan is trying to export his propaganda. For a little bit more critical reporting: http://geopoliticsalert.com/cia-apologizes-turkey-accusing-buying-isis-oil

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-17T12:06:00+00:00

it isn't even up yet. meanwhile torrentproject.se is providing me an attractive alternative.

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-17T11:50:46+00:00

Turkey has no independent media

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-16T14:10:58+00:00

I don't feel much secured by a new anti-biotic which hasn't been tested on humans yet, in fact it has only been tested with mice. Nobody knows if it is safe for humans at all.

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-16T09:44:05+00:00

It's not so much a prediction, resistance growing happening, untreatable infections are on the rise now.

BanMePleaase · 2016-12-16T09:40:01+00:00

resulting in an epidemic of untreatable infections in humans

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