#2 Haze Pollutants

Current PSI: 246 (Singapore Time: 3:00pm)

Looks like our previous post was right, the wind has done more than our government and reduced the PSI back to the 200 levels.

In part two of Indonesia's gift package, we look into the next 2 pollutants that the bastards in the south have so generously conferred on to us.

3) Nitrogen dioxide

This compound is one badass motherfucker. Short term exposure can result in adverse respiratory effects  like airway inflammation in healthy people and increased respiratory symptoms in people with asthma.

Nitrogen dioxide inflames the lining of the lungs, and it can reduce immunity to lung infections. This can cause problems such as wheezing, coughing, colds, flu and bronchitis. Freaking bronchitis! You literally cough until your lungs burst and in Singapore, you get quarantined if you are suffering from it! Check out this link the learn more: http://www.webmd.com/lung/understanding-bronchitis-basics

Oh ya, it also contributes to the formation of photochemical smog. Remember smog attack from pokemon? Doesn't do much shit then but this real life smog can do some serious damage.

Here is what photochemical smog does to you:
Inflame breathing passages, decrease the lungs' working capacity, cause shortness of breath, pain when inhaling deeply, wheezing, and coughing. It can cause eye and nose irritation and it dries out the protective membranes of the nose and throat and interferes with the body's ability to fight infection, increasing susceptibility to illness.

So that means it opens the door to many illnesses by compromising your immune system.

4) Ozone

Ozone is made out of 3 oxygen atoms while normal oxygen is made out of 2. If you think that is good, you are in for a bad surprise. Ozone is only good if it is high up in the stratosphere where it protects us from UV radiation.

It is absolutely nasty and toxic for breathing and even low concentration is bad for you. Breathing ozone can trigger a variety of health problems including chest pain, coughing, throat irritation, and congestion. It can worsen bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. Ground level ozone also can reduce lung function and inflame the linings of the lungs. Repeated exposure may permanently scar lung tissue. Can you imagine a rupture in your lungs? Well that is what Ozone can do.


Stay tuned for the final post on the last 2 pollutants.


In the meantime, check out this girl without a mask..

Let us help her wear an N95.

Looks 10 times better and she is protected now ^^.