{"id":3811,"date":"2018-09-21T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2018-09-21T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:01:28","slug":"wearing-a-mask-while-traveling-in-bustling-streets-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wearing-a-mask-while-traveling-in-bustling-streets-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearing a mask while traveling in bustling streets? Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why!"},"content":{"rendered":"<address class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An effective air filter mask is what every cyclist will need, or even better, to stay away from the busy roads. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the conclusion I got when studying the animated 3D \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPollution Map\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 video of London, by Kings College. The orange and yellow markings, mainly covering the main roads, indicates a high level of pollutants, whereas the blue markings indicates that the air is in a safe and healthy level. Air pollutant levels are bound to be higher on the main roads when compared to places that stray away from the bigger roads, but who would have imagined the difference to be this big!<\/span><\/address>\n<address>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">The short video below shows that the highest concentration of air pollutants exists along the main roads and peaks at the junctions, mainly due to the slow moving or stagnant vehicles stuck in traffic. Areas that are further away from the main roads are clearly better.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-pWWj6szNs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to WHO (World Health Organization), the negative health effects of different pollutants are different. Ultrafine Particles, such as the 0.1-0.3Microns, can travel deep into our lungs and reside there longer than their older brothers, the PM10, &gt;10microns and PM2.5microns. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Some 3.7 million premature deaths annually are attributed to outdoor air pollution. About 80% of those deaths are due to heart disease and stroke, while another 20% are from respiratory illnesses and cancers related to exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the most health-harmful air pollutant.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It has been proven long ago that ultra fine particles reduces the health benefits of physical exercises. Increased evidences have showed that these ultra fine particles are the culprits of respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses. According to UCLA, the smaller the particles, the more toxic chemicals they are able to carry. These ultra fine particles are capable of traveling deep into our lungs, they stick to our lungs and releases the chemicals they have brought along with them which damages our blood vessels and causes our blood to solidify, forming blood plaques. Places such as traffic junction and busy roads have the worst exposure to these pollutants. Therefore, it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a silly idea to be wearing a filter mask while cycling through the busy traffic. However, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to make sure that the mask you own forms a good seal on your face and that the filters are able to filtrate the ultra fine particles (0.1micron and PM2.5).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/chdfahBvWHo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/totobobo.com\/#prettyPhoto\/2\/\"><em>Totobobo filter test against ultrafine particles (0.1 microns)\u00c2\u00a0Test report<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/totobobo.com\/buy.html\">Shop for Totobobo Mask!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An effective air filter mask is what every cyclist will need, or even better, to stay away from the busy roads. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the conclusion I got when studying the animated 3D \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPollution Map\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 video of London, by Kings College. The orange and yellow markings, mainly covering the main roads, indicates a high level of pollutants, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[535,17],"tags":[665,18,88,183,663,577,664],"class_list":{"0":"post-3811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-pm2-5","7":"category-pollution","8":"tag-0-1microns","9":"tag-air-pollution","10":"tag-pm25","11":"tag-totobobo-mask","12":"tag-ulca","13":"tag-ultrafine-particles","14":"tag-who"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3812,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811\/revisions\/3812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}