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The Chinese government has so far refused to apologize for the Super Sized Smog Cloud hanging over the Olympic Games as athletes arrived forced to wear masks to protect their lungs. The Chinese Government had promised the International Olympic Committee that the air would be clean for the games.

China generates the majority of its power burning coal in power plants that do not scrub the smoke to remove pollution. That generates a massive amount of smog and pollution, so much that clouds travel from China all the way to the West Coast of America damaging air quality across the Pacific Rim.

This week as athletes arrived, several wore masks issued by the USOC. Their action drew criticism from the USOC that did not want to offend the Chinese for their failure to clean up their air as promised. Instead of installing air scrubbers on their coal power plants, the Chinese have taken to using measures such as preventing cars on the streets on alternate days.

Cars do not constitute the majority of air pollution in China, and stopping people from driving one day will only push them to drive more the next.

As the games drew nearer and the Chinese realized in advance that the city of Beijing would be Smoggy during the games, the Chinese attempted to house athletes as far as 90 minutes away, but the alternate location itself is smogged over.

Meanwhile, the press in the United States likes to cover the offense given by athletes to the Chinese for wearing the masks issued to them by the Olympic Committee.
http://www.nytimes.com/…masks.html

If your career, depended on your optimal health. If you relied on your own physical performance within a day or even a 5 or 20 minute or even several our performance in order to generate an income would you take measures to protect your lungs with a mask?

I would.