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It's the air pollution coming in from China. My runny nose is really active when out cycling. Does this happen to you folks?
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Quite probably, but I also feel that China is used as a scapegoat to some extent since it means that Japanese businesses and people don't need to clean up their act.. The Kanto conurbation produces a lot of pollution and you can see the smog if you climb a hill at the edge of the conurbation. If only pollution levels were given a fraction of the forensic attention that the weather gets in Japan!It's the air pollution coming in from China. My runny nose is really active when out cycling. Does this happen to you folks?
Have you been checked for allergies? I'm not allergic to cedar pollen but the sheer amount of allergens in the air is quite irritating during kafunshō season.
It could also be what's often referred to as yellow sand:
Asian Dust - Wikipedia
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... The Kanto conurbation produces a lot of pollution and you can see the smog if you climb a hill at the edge of the conurbation. If only pollution levels were given a fraction of the forensic attention that the weather gets in Japan!
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It could also be what's often referred to as yellow sand:
Asian Dust - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
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Do you have the symptoms when you are outside NOT cycling ? Because chances are you have a case of exercise-induced rhinitis (which i suffer from myself) Exercise-induced rhinitis: a common disorder that adversely affects allergic and nonallergic athletes. - PubMed - NCBI
Very useful site, which I've bookmarked. Thanks!Kanto/Japan is typically quite good compared to metro Seoul and large parts of China.
Jongro, Seoul, South Korea Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index
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