Comments on: Could Beijing’s Polluted Air Sicken Olympic Spectators? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/22/could-beijings-polluted-air-sicken-olympic-spectators/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jamesina Goulbourne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/22/could-beijings-polluted-air-sicken-olympic-spectators/#comment-10537 Jamesina Goulbourne Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:45:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/07/22/could-beijings-polluted-air-sicken-olympic-spectators/#comment-10537 This information only adds to the importance of reducing air pollution everywhere. If people are made aware that pollution is a major contributor to raised blood pressure, it will help them realize that looking for causes and avoiding them are healthier than just treating the symptoms with drugs, which in the long run, only aggravate the illness. It`s strikes me as disgraceful that China is only motivated to do something about it just because the Olympic Games are being held there. This information only adds to the importance of reducing air pollution everywhere. If people are made aware that pollution is a major contributor to raised blood pressure, it will help them realize that looking for causes and avoiding them are healthier than just treating the symptoms with drugs, which in the long run, only aggravate the illness.

It`s strikes me as disgraceful that China is only motivated to do something about it just because the Olympic Games are being held there.

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