Singapore is not by any means one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Nevertheless, when my friend who lives there went in for a checkup last week, and had his lungs x-rayed, the doctor asked him how long he had been smoking.
He said he has never smoked.
The doc then asked him whether he rides a bike alot, he said yes, every day, everywhere he goes.
Doc said "aha! Thats it!"
With pollution levels rising all over the world, and it getting harder and harder to find a smog-free place to live, this is very worrying news for me. I have lived and ridden my bike daily in Mexico City, LA, NY, London, Tokyo, and similar polluted areas of the world.
I am lucky to be in Darwin, Australia now, where air quality is quite good, but am nonetheless very concerned about this issue.
Does anybody else have experience with lung problems from riding a bike daily in a polluted city?
Isn't it about time something was done about this??