Last night's fireworks welcoming new year did not help our wellness and climate

Live healthy and long

This morning, January l, 2013, again as in the previous new year, heavy smoke filled the air.  We do not know the long term effect on our health - specially on the respiratory system.  How many  will have asthma attacks, flu, cold, cancer or other COPD.

I do not know, despite, the Pablo, Ondoy and other super typhoons death and destruction they delivered, as to many people are aware of the connection between pollution and global warming?

None?  Because many of us did what we have been doing, as part of New Year tradition, lighted fireworks and firecrackers to drive evil spirits away.  But we bring in new evil spirits -  disease, ill health, and climate change...

We did not use any firecracker last night.

                                  The night scene from SLEX about 4 nights ago

                                 Can you see anything at the other side of the lake?  Is the air OK?

                                  What is the quality of the air we breathe?


See the trash from fireworks, will they be cleaned up soon?

 x                    Will they wait for the Barangay to clean up?

                                  They were pretty last night, the trash now is ugly

 x                           Smoky white skies result of firecracker smoke?

 x

                                   There is fresh air at Lakeside park?

                               The heron is unaware of the thick smoke surrounding the lake

                               The air was better several night ago;  you can see Alabang from here

Am I wasting my time making this study?

Are these not being seen by people with eyes; or who have eyes who refuse to believe what they see?

I thought we have public sector in charge of protecting environment, the air quality? What are they doing?  When do we act?  The flooding from these, the pain is visible already, we can feel the effect now....Many ill effects on health is growing in number.

When do we act change?

On our part, we can cease from lighting fireworks and crackers on new years day. Walk and commute rather than bring car.

Air Pollution Update around MM/Laguna Lake

Effective Cures that are Cheap for Everyone

                                   Visibility may be less than a mile.

The highly polluted air around MM and Laguna Lake continues unabated.  Many more will be affected. More will be experiencing respiratory/breathing difficulties.  Those who have low immunity will, under the Warburg theory of oxygen deprivation as key to cancer growth, may have cancer.

And who will shoulder the cost?

And who will police the air pollution?

And who will solve the same?

Nada, no action, maybe tomorrow, may be never.

                                        It is all dark and dreary

                              They can measure the water level but not air quality

                                   This is how the lungs look like with this pollution?

Can we Lowlanders Breathe at All with this Pollution?

Effective Cures Can be Cheap

Everytime we walk up at Eastridge, we are witness to the heavy haze and CO2 floating above the town of Angono and MM.  We wonder how we can breathe at all, and until what time will these toxins cause us to be sick with cancer.

Some questions:

l.  Who is in charge of enforcing the Clean Air Act?

2.  Why has air quality gone from bad to worse?

3.  What is the long term effect of this air pollution to our health? Who are at risk?

4.  Who will shoulder the cost?

5.  What are the green activitists doing?

6.  Why is nothing happenning?

Contrast this with last night's sunset pictures

          Clear skies;   SLEX visible

            NLEX billboard lights visible, Laguna Lake visible

On A Clear Day You Can See Global City; Today only Smog

Effective Cures Can be Cheap

               Do we breathe this dirty air?

On a clear day, from the Angono lakeshore forest park, you can see Muntinlups skyline and Global city buildings.  But not today or any other day.  The air is heavy with smog and visibility is poor.  That means air quality is poor, and despite LTO emission testings and apprehension, enforcement is far from being really enforcement.  It is a child if not a money making scheme by enforcers.  Because after all this is the result.

Please take note that toxins weakens body's immune system and greatly contribute to the growth in incidence of cancer.  Futhermore, from the Dr. Otto Warburg's theory of cancer, ie, low oxygen ennvironment contributes to growth of cancer cells (Dr. Warburg was the first to grow cancer cells in vitro).  Isnt something to be done to improve air quality.

Now cancer ranks second to heart disease as the cause of mortality.  In this environment, wouldnt cancer, especially of the respiratory tract very soon?

Isnt controlling air pollution, a prevention, a low cost cure?

                              Even Laguna, Talim island, Quezon (Mt Banahaw) are invisible

Clear view of sunset, same place

    You can see the silohouttte of the hut and the buildings at Global city, in the day picture, they are gone

  You can see clearly the lights at SLEX, Muntinlupa area

       Nice pictures, almost artitstic, it may win an award?!

     I could not believe I took the picture;  look at the shimmering light at the other lakeside.  They are visible.  Compare that with the day picture.  The wind must have blown the pollutants during the day or the hot temp vaporized the smog.