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Old 02-08-2007, 07:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
Mark Hickey
 
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Re: poisoning yourself by riding

"David L. Johnson" <david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote:

>Mark Hickey wrote:
>
>> I've ridden in places that would make the air in Los Angeles look
>> positively pristine, and never had any major lung issues (though I
>> could feel "something wrong" after a long ride in really bad air).

>
>OK, Mark. I'll bite. Where would the air in LA seem pristine by
>comparison?


China, for example (and Khatmandu, Nepal - which came as a real
surprise to me - I was expecting the air to be pristine there). On a
bad day in China, you literally couldn't see a hint of a building
across a city street.

Mark Hickey
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