Household pollution and COPD

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[Yatzy]

Thanks, Fran. Bit of a concern here because we’ve been using an open fire at weekends since Christmas. So cheery 🔥🔥 We have got the air purifier going too....! I can’t say yet that we’ve noticed a difference breathing-wise....very relaxing 😎😎 Hope you’re ok 🦋

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I love open fires.. It’s the mixture of heating, traffic fumes etc in the Chamonix valley it is a real problem, all around L’Arve, they are totally contaminated. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg...

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Fine thanks Penny!! Keep well!! 🦄🐬🍀

[Yatzy in reply to Hidden]

Thanks, Fran. With this and other posts you're really raising our sleepy awareness. Needs doing. Thanks 🙏🏽 We're so focused on Brexit over here that not much else makes the news. Mayor of London raises traffic pollution and more constantly which is a welcome lead.

Speak later. Hairdresser day today here....rare event!! 💇🏼💁🏼🤦‍♀️ Penny 💕

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Have a great Hair day Penny xx 💃🏻💃🏻

[BSA-3]

Makes you think, doesn't it?

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😊 It does..The chicken and the egg..Do we get more lung diseases because of the environment? I think so..still some of us are more prone than others..I suppose that’s where genetics comes in..Still..I just saw that Amazon has created their own rainforest bubbles in Seattle..I mean they distribute so many packages and for us consumers it is cheaper of course but at least they are thinking of giving something back or am I naïve..I was stunned but I thought it was a good initiative..we need more 😃

[BSA-3 in reply to Hidden]

I've yet to understand why C.O.P.D. rates are rising when smoking is at it's lowest levels ever. It can't all be diesel engines surely? Think of the "Pea-soupers".Hardly any diesels then.

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Thank you.

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I don’t know much about COPD apart from what I have read here, it seems linked to smoking but is it only that? Well we don’t have coal and wood burners everywhere anymore but there are always new chemical fumes, new inventions, smaller particles..and climate change of course..

[BSA-3 in reply to Hidden]

Yeah, you are right. I watched a programme about "Toxic Building" syndrome. Apparently there are now over 80 more man-made chemicals in the home than in the Fifties.(And of course, we MUST have them- how did we ever cope without?! Lol.) Personally, I can't tolerate bleach, air-freshener etc.

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Wow 😮.. how awful..yes I don’t do well with strong smells, fabric softener is the worst it gives me nausea..

How can we fight that hey.. by political means and for our well-being with guided imagery? From Belleruth Naparstek? 😊 or others..

I try anyway, one hand on my breast bone one on my tummy, eyes closed and breathe it all away, far far away from us, imagining I am in a non-polluted world, maybe a beach with the cleansing ocean wind, maybe a mountain view with white spotless snow on the glacier, and I am closing my eyes, breathing peacefully and so when I wake up from this dream I am free from anxiety about planet Earth 🌏 xx