Recently there was a very large industrial fire in Western Sydney. The smoke contained aerosols and paint thinners and made me quite nauseous. 2 weeks after this fire I am now experiencing the worst asthma I've had in 20 years. I'm interested in possible reasons for a delayed reaction between exposure to the cloud of toxics and an asthmatic response. I wonder if the industrial pollution (which recirculates around Sydney 'forever', given the way air flows throughout the Sydney Basin):
1. changes composition via exposure to sunlight, and becomes more irritative to lungs;
2. mixes with other pollutants and generates other more irritative chemical compounds??
2006-07-07
04:20:25
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dreedlegilf
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