Asthma linked to global warming, experts say

CTV.ca ^ | Fri. Apr. 30 2004

[Ditter]

If I remember correctly from ,my last allergy testing, it is cockroaches themselves. After they have become dust particles they are the allergen. It was one of my allergies.

[exDemMom]

My opinion of scientists has gone down a whole bunch in the last few years, seeing how they treat new ideas that don't fit with their accepted dogma, and how they use the cover of science to promote political or social objectives, I find myself not trusting anything that comes out of the mouth of a "so-called" scientist.

Please, remember that scientists are not a homogeneous bunch. The ones out there who are cloaking their political agenda in science really are the minority; the only reason the media repeats their blatherings is that they coincide with the media's agenda. I've heard that several thousand scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, have signed a declaration stating that global warming science is shaky. One of these days I might add my name to the list.

[Restorer]

I think it is actually dust mite feces. These live in our beds and it is central heating that has helped them flourish.

It is not central heating as such, although that may be one factor. It is a number of changes in buildings that maintains a higher average relative humidity. Dust mites die off rapidly when RH drops below 50%.

[Restorer]

After they have become dust particles they are the allergen.

Ahem. Cockroach feces are somewhat euphemistically referred to as cockroach dust.

Gross, huh?

[snooker]

Does anyone wonder why Canadians want Fox News. And conversely why the Canadian government is doing all it can to prevent their citizens from watching Fox?

[Coleus]

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[jimfree]

Oh, I thought it was we asthmatics that were contributing to global warming.