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Quote: 1. This has no relation to your "vaccines cause autism" statement/press release - again I say it's irresponsible to spread this nonsense without giving it even a moment's critical thought. Have you ever thought about the ingredients in vaccines? I think we can both agree that injecting mercury, MSG, and formaldehyde into your body is not such a good idea. Quote: Galileo's ideas were based on data, facts,...

Monkey King wrote: anna-liza wrote: Can anybody tell, where can I order Nestle bottled water? Do they have home delivery? It seems a less dangerous variant after reading all the info above... When we moved to BJ, after many days of careful search and reading tons of water quality reports, I had decided to choose Nongfu Spring brand - only to discover now, 2 years later, that my family were being slowly poisoned all this time. I'm afraid...

Anon wrote: Quote: 1. This has no relation to your "vaccines cause autism" statement/press release - again I say it's irresponsible to spread this nonsense without giving it even a moment's critical thought. Have you ever thought about the ingredients in vaccines? I think we can both agree that injecting mercury, MSG, and formaldehyde into your body is not such a good idea. Quote: Galileo's ideas were based on data,...

Excluding the dip in pollution levels around the Olympic time, pollution overall as a trend seems to be worsening. I still consider 2.5 years a very short amount of time to be in Beijing - it is the expected amount of time someone would come here as part of a job transfer, or for a job, do their foreign studies/work stint, and get out. Beijing, and China in general, is not ready yet for the steady mass regular influx of young expats that...

I can only speak on my own personal experience. I am coming up on my Year 8 anniversary here in Beijing, and have no kids to worry about, nor ever really had air pollution affect me in a noticeable way. Until the last couple of weeks. The air has been so bad that I can't even keep it from infiltrating my "sealed" apartment, and I have had some trouble breathing despite trying to limit outdoor exposure to absolute minimum...

wefrucar wrote: Simpsons did a funny bit on this last week... My understanding was that it's not that #7 PC is inherently poisonous, but it releases potentially dangerous toxins when heated (eg, in a microwave or in a car sitting in the sun). Or is that a different kind of plastic? It's so hard to keep track of all the medical discoveries that everything we touch or look at is giving us cancer.... Probably not quite worth purging...

I've stopped buying bottled water and boil/filter instead, the bottled stuff smelled of chlorine and anyway it seems hard to believe that the way they are bashed around doesn't result in some kind of breakdown of the interior surface.

Qigong helps with back pain in the long run, if you practice regularly. I know a doctor who is specialized in Chinese traditional massage, his unique techniques not only works for pain relief, but most important thing is, it helps discover some internal problems you might have. I also know an English speaking Qigong teacher from Beijing Sports University. He teaches at different institutes for westerners. If you have more questions about...

Everyone can make up their own mind as to pollution's seriousness, but it's simply not true to say that long-term exposure is the main thing to worry about. I've listed many peer-reviewed articles which detail the short-term effects of pollution spikes. The WHO specifically tightened their API numbers in 2005 based on the newest evidence. The American Academy of Pediatrics position paper in 2005 details the short-term damage to...

The logical explaination is to do with wealth but there is still a gap in the logic in China. It is similar to why Chinese like white skin and more foreigners prefer tans. If you go back some 200+ years in Europe if was fashionable to be white - why, becasue it meant you were in side studying and enjoying other luxuries, instead of outside working the land. If you look at portraits of the Kings, Queens and Bourgeoisie they all share a pale...