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  joeblowe1 year, 2 months ago

  Air pollution in Beijing? Is this really a big SURPRISE to anyone? Didn't they take this into consideration when they BOOKED the venue? Man oh man - some days I am just SURE that EVERYONE is a dumba*s.

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    ryan6011 year, 2 months ago

    I wonder if they'll have any rowing events in the Yangtze River. I can picture it now- "Olympic officals and viewers alike could only gape in horror as rowers progressively lost their hair during the course of the race."

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      joeblowe1 year, 2 months ago

      {8>D)=

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    spkguy1 year, 2 months ago

    The Most Polluted Places On Earth

    How Reports Rank Areas Of The Planet As Polluters And Polluted

    (CBS) A total of 16 of the world's top 20 most polluted cities are in china. No. 1 on the World Bank list is Linfen City in Shanxi Province, China.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/06/eveni...

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    jaern1 year, 2 months ago

    I remember the same concerns with the LA Olympic games.

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      spkguy1 year, 2 months ago

      I have a good friend who is from Beijing.

      She was telling me how you have 2 sets of clothes, one set for inside living and one set for going outside.

      The main problem is the extensive use of coal as a means of generating electricity and most homes and businesses are heated with coal also.

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        wallyone1 year, 2 months ago

        The main problem is the extensive use of coal as a means of generating electricity>>>>

        the main problem is they don't care.. about pollution, civil rights, slave labour, justice, corruption or any number of things. just don't speak out against the government..

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  bumbaklotartattack1 year, 2 months ago

  Could be? These people have never been to China before.

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  xlegultx1 year, 2 months ago

  Who thinks anything will actually be done besides, "We'll look into it"

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  BoxMonkey1 year, 2 months ago

  You said it Clarice . And all the stores in the USA that have those toys on thier shelves recently ran special sale campaigns , like 75 and 80% off to clear thier shelves to avoid the recall . Big Box Stores . Keeps cost of container shipments down . And the stockholders are happy .

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  nanheyangrouchuan1 year, 2 months ago

  The IOC was basically bribed/bullied into letting Beijing hosting the games. Bribed to make the members happy but if Beijing did not get the bid, the home countries of the IOC members would find their companies would have some difficulties in China.

  Basically, this dirty, mass murdering wreckage of empire would have never been considered if it wasn't for MNC greed.

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  patnmeril1 year, 2 months ago

  Think there would ever be enough discontent to boycott the Olympics????

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  SlapALib1 year, 2 months ago

  Did China make the equipment? I don't want Olympians to wind up with a case of lead poisoning.

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    BoxMonkey1 year, 2 months ago

    loverman , you can be aware of whatever you want to be , but the fact is there are so many people in China , they could virtually run over a country and take it over . And the people have been hoarding American currency for years . I have gotten plenty of Gold and Silver certificates from the twenties and thirties from many Chineese customers .

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  ekklesiawarrior1 year, 2 months ago

  Why does not the fact that these in outdoor sports will be placed at Health Risks.

  CHINA may produce but in many respects remains a Third nation in as much as health.

  To those that visit China, just leave the tourist traps, and see where every day folk live.

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  gleesher1 year, 2 months ago

  CHINA THE COUNTRY CAN CONDUCT THE OLYMPICS ITS OWN HIGH VALUE, EQUAL TO ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THE MATTERS ARE DUE TO JEALOUS

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  evelyna1 year, 2 months ago

  I wonder if they will say "People are being too overly concerned" after the tests come back and the athletes are using steroids and other enhancements.

  Only if it is them. They will not have to look too far.

  Just order a hot dog at their stadium and you will be positive for every drug,chemical and pollutant ever created. You may even light up due to radiation posioning.

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  yinyangbaby1 year, 2 months ago

  I dont know what "postponing" outdoor events will do..."gee maybe it wont be so polluted on wednesday" makes no sense, and as someone else said why didnt they think of this before. Yes LA is bad, but LA isnt nowhere near as populated and thus forth polluted as Beijing. Which china is so going to kick our ass in gymnastics and diving in the olympics...thats about it but still...

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  wallyone1 year, 2 months ago

  the IOC is all about money and i bet they got paid lots to choose china.. the IOC is a bunch of corrupt cronies.

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  LARK1 year, 2 months ago

  evelyna,

  Where's that hot dog? Have you ever got one? Or have you eaten one and it is now radiating in your belly? Hot dog is not Chinese food. Ask McDonald's and Coca Cola not to sell things there if you don't like radiating hot dog there. You won't succeed. Better still, go there and find out the truth and learn. Do you choose not to go, not to find out and think with your brain but just utter anything that comes to you just to show your ignorance.

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  nostalgia1 year, 2 months ago

  A similar story was posted weeks ago on Netscape

  Pollution Dangers Cast Shadow over 2008 Olympics

  With the prospect of athletes running marathons and cycling in Beijing's smog and pollution-laden air, experts in sports medicine are concerned about the health risks associated with the Olympic Games in China.

  China has promised what it calls "Green Games," but its pollution figures suggest the more grayish hue of smog and pollution

  Beijing - When there is no rain or wind, ozone and fine dust accumulate, often to a rate that is two or three times the maximum levels recommended by the World Health Organization

  http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/06/28/po...

  Swimming events - they said they would have to import water to fill the pools or build desalinization facilities because no water in China could pass the IOC water safety standards

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  LARK1 year, 2 months ago

  A whole scientific food tracing system has been set up to prevent problematic from entering the venues. Athletes will know the origin of the food that they eat. The job started in 2003! Western experts that worked for former Olympics have been included. What about air pollution? That's a price China pays for doing all the manufacturing while user countries have clearner air. Will athletes and the audience be poisoned by the air in Beijing? haha. There are so many people there enjoying longevity of life. Dengxiaoping breathed the same air, maybe his illness was caused by that; otherwise he should be living till now. hahaha. As for water safety, Chinese figures say the water has passed tests. Is there not a committee including members from other countries to preside over the job and determine whether these are reliable?

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    BoxMonkey1 year, 2 months ago

    I think you have China confused with Japan .

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  BoxMonkey1 year, 2 months ago

  Right on Blackbeard .

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