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ghost
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: Yellow dust and jogging - danger alert |
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I made the mistake of jogging on a couple of days when there was a yellow dust alert, not having checked the news warnings and not having been warned.
How many of you are stopping your normal outdoor activities because of this yellow dust (jogging, biking, speed walking), and how effective are those little masks in keeping out the particles and noxious chemicals?
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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I wanted to jog yesterday too but instead stayed indoors all day.
Then I remembered an old Seinfeld bit and got wondering: is it really any safer to stay indoors? I mean, the air inside is the same as the air outside, isn't it?
I'd like to know how effective those little masks are too. |
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Cheonmunka
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Korean people will tell you Yellow Dust is a plant material. I don't believe that. I think the yellowish dust you pick up on the edges of pools of water after they dry out is a composite of sulpher.
There just ain't that many flowers with pollen coming from anywhere in nearby countries to produce the numbers needed - A 40 thousand square km blanket of dust...
Actually I think it's a terrible industrial pollutant from Liaotung or across the sea. Then, I wonder how many factories and how much smoke do they belch over there in Eastern China.  |
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ED209
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| No,no no. Yellow dust is made from dead bits of skin that float in to the sky due to China's unique climate. |
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Matt_22
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Well, I guess then it's not a bad thing as the aluminium elements in the dust are cancelled out by the calcium ... |
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Alyallen
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Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| The Jeonju Marathon was held yesterday. I for one now feel like shit I thought maybe it was my allergies kicking in but now I have to wonder... |
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ghost
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Alyallen wrote: |
| The Jeonju Marathon was held yesterday. I for one now feel like *beep* I thought maybe it was my allergies kicking in but now I have to wonder... |
So the organizers still let the race go ahead despite the critical levels of yellow dust throughout most of Korea - that's insane! If that had happened in the States there would be multi million dollar lawsuits against the organizers if anyone got sick (and proved it) because of the marathon being held on a day when advisories were out for people 'not to engage in strenous exercise.'
I'm also a marathon runner (best time 2:30, now retired from competitive racing), and did my usual 30-40 mins jogs on both Saturday and Sunday, as I had not checked or been informed about the yellow dust health alert.
I felt pretty bad on Sunday night, and think that the dust may have had an effect.
I am based in Anjung-eup, near Pyeongtaek city.
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jdog2050
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheonmunka wrote: |
Korean people will tell you Yellow Dust is a plant material. I don't believe that. I think the yellowish dust you pick up on the edges of pools of water after they dry out is a composite of sulpher.
There just ain't that many flowers with pollen coming from anywhere in nearby countries to produce the numbers needed - A 40 thousand square km blanket of dust...
Actually I think it's a terrible industrial pollutant from Liaotung or across the sea. Then, I wonder how many factories and how much smoke do they belch over there in Eastern China. |
Whoever's telling you it's a plant is...really just making crap up. It literally is just dust from the many Gobi deserts. The bad part is that on the way down here, they pick up the pollutants in the air over china, which, has been getting much worse in the past decade. |
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supernaut
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From what I have found out, yes Yellow Dust is MUCH older then China's pollution problem, but China's pollution problem is what makes Yellow Dust dangerous.
It's sand from the Gobi dessert, but picks up all the pollutants from China's Communist Paradise on the way over. From what I gather it's mainly heavy metals and chemicals. So it's probably a good idea to visit Thailand for some major system purges and cleanses after the yellow dust season. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| ghost wrote: |
| Alyallen wrote: |
| The Jeonju Marathon was held yesterday. I for one now feel like *beep* I thought maybe it was my allergies kicking in but now I have to wonder... |
So the organizers still let the race go ahead despite the critical levels of yellow dust throughout most of Korea - that's insane! If that had happened in the States there would be multi million dollar lawsuits against the organizers if anyone got sick (and proved it) because of the marathon being held on a day when advisories were out for people 'not to engage in strenous exercise.'
I'm also a marathon runner (best time 2:30, now retired from competitive racing), and did my usual 30-40 mins jogs on both Saturday and Sunday, as I had not checked or been informed about the yellow dust health alert.
I felt pretty bad on Sunday night, and think that the dust may have had an effect.
I am based in Anjung-eup, near Pyeongtaek city.
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2:30??!!! Damn....It was my first marathon took me 4:37. Actually this year's Jeonju Marathon was the biggest ever. I didn't notice anyone wearing masks or anything. There were a few here and there but not enough to make to think I needed one....
It's weird though...I honestly didn't notice the dust while running. I didn't know about it till my friend pointed out that my hair was brown....even though I have black hair 
I had no idea that there was that much dust in the air until I came home from the race and looked at what was going on on Dave's. I'm going to ask the other runners that I know how they are doing...Scary scary stuff.... |
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Cheonmunka
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| I washed my car yesterday. Four hours later I could rub my finger on the windscreen and leave a clean mark through the dust. Very, very dusty. |
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plasticmustache
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:53 am Post subject: me stop too; me angry |
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I too had to stop my daily fitness routine. I felt terrible on saturday night as well as sunday. I wanted to go running but stayed in doors today. This yellow dust stuff is worrying me a bit.
I have a gym at my school, so I'm gonna use that to work out in. If you got a gym, do that instead of staying home and getting fat or depressed.
bye bye and long live fitness!!! |
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LarrytheGiraffee
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| http://www.usfk.mil/ has a yellow dust indicator. It doesnt give forcasts but you can check it daily to see where the level are for the day. Saturday night to Sunday was indeed a heavy day of dust. |
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