The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday – 6th January 2020

1. Air polution from Australian fires advserly affecting the air quality of NZ air today.

   Our Company CER Ltd (registered since 2002) has recently carried out air quality ‘Measurement of Particulates’ in the air above the Bay of Plenty regional hills last night, after repeated signs of air polllution recieved in the region since the Australian bush fires and was was measured to be at extreme levels so we post the measurement here now.

   At 6pm on sunday 5th January we observed the high lavels of ‘yellow sky’ developing so we took “spot samples” of air quality then and we observed readings reaching 61 ppm (parts per million) of pm 10, (a particle about one tenth of the size of human hair)

   Results of the ‘first logging of readings’ beginning of the monitoring;

   10pm 5th January 2020

   Particulates (PM) – 2.5 ppm – (parts per million) was at – 13ppm.

   Particulates (PM) – 10 ppm – (parts per million) was at – 45 ppm.

   Usual air quality readings are at near zero measurement of either 2.5 or 10 parts per million so readings such as we have witnessed here now are extremely rare or never seen as sustainable levels as seen here today.

   The measurement location was at remote farm located at 1650 ft above Opotiki on a rural site on Te Wera Rd Matawai in the Rakauroa ranges,

   This region is a remote low air pollution area historically because of the Urewera ranges park surrounding the area and is widely considered to be a very clean air pristine region due to the heavy mountainous region covered in dense pristine native bush and primeval forests.

   These readings are very worrying to the whole farming community here now.

   Measurements will now be continued for public safety and will be posted when other significant signs of air pollution are sighted.

2. While my New Year’s Resolution to stay away from soshul media as much as possible is almost being kept (and at the very least refraining from comment), my New Years Wish that many posters (and their commenters in response) would just get over themselves for a moment, doesn’t seem to be working – The Standard, unfortunately, included.
   Maybe I’m worshiping the wrong God. Which to choose from though! Everyone seems to be trying to be one.
   Here’s an opportunity for the ‘entrepreneurial’ (going forward). I see an opportunity in the development of an App (we used to call them applications) to measure Ego. Call it the E-gometre if you like.
   At the high end, we’d be registering the pschopaths and sociopaths. At the low end – well probably just the survivalists trying to eek out a living day by day.
   Shouldn’t be too hard though fellas eh? Someone came up with an IQ measurement (even if it didn’t take account of the difference between intelligence and cunning or critical and original thought versus entirely learned behaviours).
   Seems to me we’re losing the art of being human. Carry on though chaps – stiff upper lip

3. Someone turned the lights on at TDB?
   Wow 🙂
   ‘easy on the eyes’ it is..

4. Test

   • Test tickle

5. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2001/S00002/dangers-of-dust-from-australian-fires-for-nz-public-health.htm

   Dangers of dust from Australian fires for NZ Public Health
   Monday, 6 January 2020, 2:07 pm
   Press Release: Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
   Dangers of dust from Australian fires for NZ Public Health.
   Monday, 6th January 2020.
   Press Release: Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
   Subject; “Dangers of dust from Australian fires for NZ Public Health”.
   This ‘new decade of 2020 was mired by the arrival of dust particles from Australian fires that were carried by air borne deposition into our own NZ air shed, so what are the risks to NZ Public health now?.
   To assume our lungs can breathe in dust and be medically o/k with the build-up and deposition of all sources of dust particulates inside our lower lung areas of our blood oxygen transfer areas, for our human health is implying very dangerous ideas that may harm the health of many here.
   So we must treat further air pollution with a careful consideration here now since there is a potential increase of the dust from Australian fires to continue.
   What are the reactions of the lungs to dust?
   We use the literature from a senior Canadian agency overseas for this public health exercise; – “Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety”
   Quote; https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/lungs_dust.html
   “The way the respiratory system responds to inhaled particles depends, to a great extent, on where the particle settles. For example, irritant dust that settles in the nose may lead to rhinitis, an inflammation of the mucous membrane. If the particle attacks the larger air passages, inflammation of the trachea (tracheitis) or the bronchi (bronchitis) may be seen.
   The most significant reactions of the lung occur in the deepest parts of this organ.
   Particles that evade elimination in the nose or throat tend to settle in the sacs or close to the end of the airways. But if the amount of dust is large, the macrophage system may fail. Dust particles and dust-containing macrophages collect in the lung tissues, causing injury to the lungs.
   The amount of dust and the kinds of particles involved influence how serious the lung injury will be. For example, after the macrophages swallow silica particles, they die and give off toxic substances. These substances cause fibrous or scar tissue to form. This tissue is the body’s normal way of repairing itself.”
   Summary from CEAC;
   We all now must avoid any localised increase of ‘traffic air pollution’ in future, as we have already heavily covered the ‘public health issues relating to truck transport air pollution increasing’ already in our urban communities around NZ.
   Government must re-double their efforts to reduce use the truck transport and use rail instead to reduce the increasing air pollution from road freight transport.
   End

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