Phnom Penh Air Quality
Phnom Penh Air Quality
I guess Cambodians have bigger fish to fry than air pollution and air quality, but I do understand why so many people wear masks, especially out on the roads.
I have a pretty bog standard metal framed clothes hanger/dryer which lives on my balcony, and I use every week to hang my washing on to dry.
However, every two weeks, I wash my bedding, which means I have to drape my sheet and duvet cover over the whole hanger. Knowing that it's been outside for a couple of weeks, I know that it will be dirty, and I don't want to drape my nice clean bedding over it, so I give it a quick wipe down with some wet paper towel.
Here is the accumulation of shit that typically builds up on my hanger that I wipe off every two weeks. I live in very quiet suburban area, with very little traffic. I have no idea what it would be like if I lived in a more built up area. But that's the sort of thing that goes into our lungs every time we go outside.
I personally don't wear a mask when I go out, due to laziness, but I am starting to wonder if it's worth the extra second or two slipping one on.
I have a pretty bog standard metal framed clothes hanger/dryer which lives on my balcony, and I use every week to hang my washing on to dry.
However, every two weeks, I wash my bedding, which means I have to drape my sheet and duvet cover over the whole hanger. Knowing that it's been outside for a couple of weeks, I know that it will be dirty, and I don't want to drape my nice clean bedding over it, so I give it a quick wipe down with some wet paper towel.
Here is the accumulation of shit that typically builds up on my hanger that I wipe off every two weeks. I live in very quiet suburban area, with very little traffic. I have no idea what it would be like if I lived in a more built up area. But that's the sort of thing that goes into our lungs every time we go outside.
I personally don't wear a mask when I go out, due to laziness, but I am starting to wonder if it's worth the extra second or two slipping one on.
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Re: Phnom Penh Air Quality
Wear one... you'll be glad you did.
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Talking about fishes to fry...all these frying smoke and tuktuk gazoline fumes have to stick somewhere...nice combo if smoking on top of it ^^
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just be glad ur Not in Chiang Mai:
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Re: Phnom Penh Air Quality
On a yearly basis, Chiang Mai doesn't even make the top 100. And Phnom Penh barely makes the top 1,000.
https://www.iqair.com/world-most-pollut ... 50&cities=
https://www.iqair.com/world-most-pollut ... 50&cities=
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Phnom Penh Enveloped in Smog Amid Wave of Regional Air Pollution
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh ... -pollution
The AQ isn't very good at the moment, judging by my sinuses. The lack of rain washing the crap away doesn't help.
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh ... -pollution
The AQ isn't very good at the moment, judging by my sinuses. The lack of rain washing the crap away doesn't help.
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Living in the mountains in Norway, a 2 hours drive from larger Norvegian cities, I must say that arriving in BKK or PNH really hits me hard every time. The air is not anything like I am used to and it takes me a few days to adjust every time.Doc67 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:26 am Phnom Penh Enveloped in Smog Amid Wave of Regional Air Pollution
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh ... -pollution
The AQ isn't very good at the moment, judging by my sinuses. The lack of rain washing the crap away doesn't help.
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I Think a lot depends on what you are used to, i was 6 months in PP and had no more problems then other days/years. Never wear mask but am cautious with aircons.
Before coming i should have done in my country some allergy and astma-tests. But i didnt. I did them 2 weeks ago and tested positive for both, now first time in my life having some medecins for both (and a "puffer", no idea whats the english worth for it), and i am surprised how good i am now, curious how i would feel when back in PP without a mask !! Most people born and raised in PP hardly suffer or speak about air-polution i would say, just because they are used to it. Ofcourse if coming from the norwegian mountains, you feel and sniff the difference !!
Before coming i should have done in my country some allergy and astma-tests. But i didnt. I did them 2 weeks ago and tested positive for both, now first time in my life having some medecins for both (and a "puffer", no idea whats the english worth for it), and i am surprised how good i am now, curious how i would feel when back in PP without a mask !! Most people born and raised in PP hardly suffer or speak about air-polution i would say, just because they are used to it. Ofcourse if coming from the norwegian mountains, you feel and sniff the difference !!
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update CM dropped to # 7
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Hardly surprising. The air is a lot hotter here for a start.Tommie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:18 pmLiving in the mountains in Norway, a 2 hours drive from larger Norvegian cities, I must say that arriving in BKK or PNH really hits me hard every time. The air is not anything like I am used to and it takes me a few days to adjust every time.Doc67 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:26 am Phnom Penh Enveloped in Smog Amid Wave of Regional Air Pollution
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh ... -pollution
The AQ isn't very good at the moment, judging by my sinuses. The lack of rain washing the crap away doesn't help.
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