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China Pollution and my Lungs in Beijing

June 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments

As a person who will be more than traveling in Beijing this summer for the Olympics, but living there for 3 months, these statistics are enough to send me running back to my Tennessee hills. I genuinely care about my non-smoker lungs and prefer to preserve them from turning out like I’ve been smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day for my entire life.

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Tags: Beijing · China · Olympics · health · safety

Shots for China!! Passport Health gets two thumbs up!!

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This past Thursday I got to cross off an item from the pre-departure to-do list for China by getting my recommended shots.

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Tags: China · health · safety · to-do list

China Advisory Report

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

This China Advisory Report was handed down from our study abroad program director. Thought I would pass it along if anyone wants to be even more worried about me while I’m in China :) . Like The World by Road guys, I take these things with a grain of salt.

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Tags: Beijing · China