Air Pollution on the way to Antipolo City

Antipolo City  | October 20, 2013

These are some of the pictures of the air pollution today along the route.  Beverly Hills should be rightly called Smokey Hills, and Antipolo town proper, the Smokey Mountain

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Air pollution on my ride to Antipolo - October 20 2013

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Pollution is a big problem in biking this days.  WHO recently made another announcement that air pollution cause most  the lung cancer.  Lung cancer is difficult to cure.  Earlier they announced that diesel fumes are definitely  carcinogenic.  And as we ride we are exposed to these carcinogens

Help the riders if you can -  drivers, DENR, DOTC, LTO, DOH!

They should change the name of Beverly Hills to Smokey Hills

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                                 Antipolo is fast becoming Smokey Mountains

Air Quality is deteriorating everywhere - can be dangerous to bikers?!

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Rizal , PHL   June 2, 2013

 At Robinson's Home commercial complex near Antipolo Teresa boundary

For the last two months, I took the hobby of taking MM pollution pictures more seriously.  I used to take pictures only at the Lakeside park.  But now whenever I can I photograph cases of air pollution.  You can see how the air quality has gone from good to bad if not worse.

I quit jogging and marathon because the competition were being held in MM and I felt joining these affected my health.  Please see visually the air quality of places where we bike

                                     Tricycles pollute the air 24/7; are there further doubts?

                                       Pollution has reached Tanay mountains?

                                    From your friendly tricycle driver;  more smoke

                                    Hazy atmosphere assaults the noses of bikers in Teresa

                                    More pollution pictures in Teresa

                                       Pollution near Avida

                                  Air pollution from tricycles, please go away

                                  Distant air pollution from tricycle

                               Jeepneys in concert at one way section past Beverly Hills

                                    Dirty air near Robinson Homes

                                      Day become night at this area  at one way area in Antipolo

                                 Ascending Beverly Hills;  the jeep hides the road

                                  Tricycles in unison smothers the air with white smoke

                                    An MTB gets a puff of dark air near SM going to Tower Hills

                                    Tricycle again a culprit of air pollution

                                  The jeepney and tricycle - the king and queen of  air polluters

                                  SM is pro green or SM are first two letters of SMoke?

Can we still bike freely at Antipolo in the coming days; air pollution sucks!

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Antipolo City,  PHL   May 1, 2013

Can we still bike freely without suffering from the ill effects of air pollution in Antipolo.  Increasingly, I see signs that I must avoid biking towards this direction.,  Biking towards Bugarin, Jalajala, Pisong Kape would be still less risky ride.

  At Manila East Road near Philec;  air pollution is bad

 At Kaytikling area, near intersection

 At Beverly hills, where vehicles have to labor and  spew out toxic gases

 That lone tricycle can wreck havoc on our breathing

 How do they do it:   overloading, recon engine, accelerating does the trick

 In a short time, visibility has markedly decreased;

 I am not anti 2 stroke tricycle engine;  but look at what they are doing to the air we breathe

 The tricycle ahead did the trick

 View from AlPadi/Padis point  very very poor visibility

 Air Pollution even at the Valley Golf, town and country?

 Can you still make out the silhouettes of building at Ortigas CBD?

 View from Alta Vista at 9:22 of the Ortigas CBD;   can you see the buildings yonder?

Air 21 should complain;   we citizens who breathe freely Oxygen can not breathe it freely now.  Expect pollutants, toxic pollutants in the air we breathe

I biked lightly and took pictures of air pollution at C6 April 14, 2013

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Rizal Philippines April 14, 2013

I biked lightly today.  I first went to C6 at Napindan to take pictures of the Metro Manila air pollution   It is no wonder then that Mandaluyong Pasig and Taguig bikers congregate at Morong and Rizal every week end;  they will get weaker and sick if they bike at their places. (And may even die young.) 

Then I proceeded to Antipolo church.  I am surprised that the climb to Antipolo did not seem so hard and challenging anymore.  I took the Fibertex portion at 39 x 17 gear and the Beverly portion at 39 x 21.  I did not have to grunt so hard anymore.  I overtook at least 6 mountain bikers.  (And you call that light biking?)

At Antipolo church, I met VM and Jayjay.  I caught the blessing  portion of the mass;  and then the next mass started with the archbishop saying the mass.  Then Weng arrived.  I was not able to take their pictures because the camera batteries were all ready exhausted.

I left soon after to go home so that I will get home before it became hot.  I overtook a group of Taytay bikers descending near Fibertex and at SM. Hmm not that old yet..

Master E bothered by colds and cough after Tagaytay ride; air pollution the culprit?

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Morong, Rizal, PHL  |  March 3, 2013

 

 Master E before his disciples:   Armin, Gerry, Tito and Papa Ric

Master E told me that he had cough and cold after the Tagaytay ride. I too had lot of phlegm and felt sore after the ride.  I attributed the soreness to the furious riding pace.

But wait, has air pollution something to do with this?  I remember I quit long distance running in MM because of growing air pollution/deteriorating air quality.  Instead of getting stronger, I felt more lethargic after running in MM streeets;   especially along Roxas Blvd.

I must have posted a hundred pictures of study of air pollution in MM.  So far I think no one noticed/notices them.  How many must have COPD or lung cancer before any one acts?

        Large moon shines still at  6:28, but you cant see Sucat and Alabang at other side of the lake

                                       The sun shines but pollution still hangs low over MM

                                   Right near the lake, the air is hazy (polluted)

                                 Can you discern Taytay, Pasig and Taguig

                           Is it a clear day?  Yes but the sky over MM is not...

                                    Can you discern the pollution over Makati

                                      At dusk, the air pollution cleared a bit