I would get kicked off the bus with my smelly hockey bag. I am doing istanbul a favor by driving myself...

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Also did you know at least 1 in 10 children, and 1 in 20 adults have asthma, me being one of them

Asthma destroyed some of my dreams which is always annoying when thinking of if you didn't have it To make matters worse, Greenwhich the place I was born, is known as one of the worst effected polluted areas in London
But to say I am not part of the problem is not exactly right either, though I do my honest best to help the environment too.

For example, I used to walk to school (finshed school now). It was a 20 minute walk and I walked almost every single day - rain, snow (even severe downfalls), hot weather, the whole lot.
What bugged me most was that when it came to summer you would see more people walking to school and less cars but as soon as it gets a little cold or it rains even the slightest people use their cars and the roads are blocked.
Come on people a little rain never hurt no-one!

Also they say, if the pollution keeps up the way it is, the rate in people being diagnosed with asthma will increase by a dramatic ammount

I also walk everywhere or use the public subway to get to where I need too mainly, though like you others, flying is my worst effect.
Though I have to admit, I do turn lights off in the room I'm not in, having such a big family doesn't help the fact when everyone is in different rooms...and they are watching the same thing on different bloody T.V's!!!

But it's great to know you lot are helping too

I am always a bit puzzled about asthma. I can't believe it is caused by air pollution. It is obviously aggravated by it, but is it the cause?

I was a child of the 1970s and during that time the air pollution was far worse. However, at my school I knew of only one pupil with asthma. At that time it was very very rare.

Similarly even longer ago, during the 'smog' era, asthma was almost unheard of. As you say, it is increasing at an alarming rate (1 in 10 children have it now) Its very strange...

I had always thought it was genetic?

AStham is caused when desensitisation occurs and that can be anything that irritates the airways. Work related asthma, can be caused by desensitation to solder fumes for instance. Once desensitation occurs you can only relieve the symptoms by removing the cause.

Other cause of desensitation is household dust, bedmites, animal hairs, dust particles in the atmosphere and pollution can make the symptons worse.

Lots of research into the cause of asthma going on.