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Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

What is the best item to use against the yellow dust? Something from the pharmacy?

I know the best would be a gas mask, like spray painters use, but I dont want to walk around with one of those. My throat is killing me, and I'm pretty tired.....

Cerriowen · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Location: Pocheon

mmmm... I'd guess that those "cold" masks that they wear would work.

I'd suggest drinking lots of water, and maybe getting an air purifier for your house?

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

I drink close to 3L of water a day....those masks they wear seem not fine enough to catch small particles.

This yellow dust/allergies really makes my whole body tired....

Atavistic · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

Ask for a YELLOW DUST mask. It's made to catch the fine particles.

(BTW, I am also really sensitive to yellow dust. It's hell.)

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

I can get them at a pharmacy?

What's Korean for yellow dust?

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

I believe "Hwangsa" is the Korean for "Yellow sand."

Atavistic · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

황사.

Harpeau · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC

I like using Dragon Powder (Yong Gak San) every once in a while. It's good for clearing your throat. A HEPA filter is another good idea.

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

I bought a mask, it works pretty good for walking around.

Hepa filter might be good for the apt as well, but they are like a sponge, and can't actually be counter productive unless you change the filter regularly.

Where do I get that Dragon stuff, and what is it?

plato's republic · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Location: Ancient Greece

I'm also looking for a good quality face mask with some kind of protective filter though I can't seem to find one. The pharmacies here usually just flog the standard paper or cloth ones, which are relatively useless against yellow dust IMO. Anyone got a heads up?

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

Alta posted it in hangul take those characters into a pharmacy and they will show you the proper masks. Only problem is if you wear glasses they fog up.

kermo · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

According to the American military website (http://www.seoul.amedd.army.mil/sites/yellowsand/default.asp), the yellow dust has been negligible this week, aside from a blip on the 24th.

Are you still feeling the effects or is it psychosomatic?

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

It could be yellow dust, or it could be just straight up allergies from everything starting to bloom. Either way I feel like shit....Maybe it is a cold too, who knows.

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

When I am just sitting here I feel so run down, after wearing the mask for about 10mins, I feel more alert....it's not pyschopsymatic either

Harpeau · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC