Comments on: Air pollution, asthma, and apathy: Blithely breathing bad air http://greenlagirl.com/air-pollution-asthma-and-apathy-blithely-breathing-bad-air/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/air-pollution-asthma-and-apathy-blithely-breathing-bad-air/comment-page-1/#comment-456317 Siel Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:59:51 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10324#comment-456317 It's odd, because we talk about how like teens think they're invincible and will live forever, yet this sort of unrealistic denial of one's own physical frailty and mortality still seems to accompany people who're really old enough to know better :) It’s odd, because we talk about how like teens think they’re invincible and will live forever, yet this sort of unrealistic denial of one’s own physical frailty and mortality still seems to accompany people who’re really old enough to know better :)

]]> By: M http://greenlagirl.com/air-pollution-asthma-and-apathy-blithely-breathing-bad-air/comment-page-1/#comment-456180 M Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:17:48 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10324#comment-456180 This is a topic that really confuses me as well. I can't believe people suffer so many problems and don't seriously think about how things ended up that way and what needs to be done to stop it. Some people I've talked to push it aside saying "oh, it was so much worse in the past". That doesn't make it not disgusting now when you can see a distinct yellow/brown layer in the skyline have problems breathing or one of the many other ailments that come from breathing the air! How do you make someone care about their health and the health of those around them? Then again, maybe this is something that needs to come more from the government or else the large sources of the issues can never be addressed. This is a topic that really confuses me as well. I can’t believe people suffer so many problems and don’t seriously think about how things ended up that way and what needs to be done to stop it. Some people I’ve talked to push it aside saying “oh, it was so much worse in the past”. That doesn’t make it not disgusting now when you can see a distinct yellow/brown layer in the skyline have problems breathing or one of the many other ailments that come from breathing the air!

How do you make someone care about their health and the health of those around them? Then again, maybe this is something that needs to come more from the government or else the large sources of the issues can never be addressed.

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