We're now way off subject so can the BEIJING thread now desist please
mediator.
Regards,
Chris
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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: 22 May 2006 16:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] NTC - Beijing Cough
It appears that smog is not the only thing to worry about in Beijing
according to a news article released today...
BEIJING WAGES WAR AGAINST TERMITES, HUNGRY MOTHS
Mon May 22, 12:06 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital is under attack from twin plagues of
termites and moths, newspapers reported on Monday, prompting fears for
the city's antiquities and concerns that Beijing's "Green Olympics"
could be turned brown.
Workers renovating Beijing's 700 year-old Forbidden City for the 2008
Olympics discovered termites burrowing through the wooden structure, the
China Daily said.
"High-tech devices" detecting and infecting the bugs with a "special
powder" had been employed to control the outbreak, the paper said.
The wars against termites and moths are just two of the pest control
initiatives Beijing has launched ahead of the Olympics.
Other campaigns have included targeting rats, fleas and lice at
gymnasiums and athletes' villages.
The American White Moth, a ravenous plant-eater native to North American
forests, was found in Beijing's Temple of Heaven park, the Beijing News
said, weeks after forestry officials reported a plague in Beijing's
surrounding hinterlands.
"If the moths aren't controlled quickly, they could even threaten
Beijing's Olympics," the Beijing News quoted Wu Jian, a forestry
official, as saying.
A single moth can spawn 30 million to 200 million descendants in a year,
the Beijing News said, with larvae capable of stripping a healthy tree
of foliage in a matter of days.
The crisis has prompted environment officials to wage a large-scale
elimination campaign to save the "Green Olympics" -- a key slogan
promoting the capital as an environmentally sound city.
Salvation may come in the form of a billion-strong army of larvae-eating
bees, the moth's natural predator, the paper said.
-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kirschner
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LF] NTC - Beijing Cough
Hi Werner,
Makes sense that it has a name! I was only in Beijing a couple
days...hiked up the Great Wall and the smog was not horrible simply
because there was a little rain. I only coughed for a few hours ;o). But
the air had lots of dust in it from recent sandstorms - the cars in the
parking lot looked like they'd been through a mud storm. Here's a photo
I took - gives you an idea of what it was like:
http://www.designchainassociates.com/images/greatwall.jpg
Mike
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:36 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] Ray Franklin's defense of RoHS
Hi Mike,
It is called the "Beijing Cough." We were on a cruise a couple of
years back, and just about everbody suffered from it for about a week.
Some people quite badly. I guess that is why they wear those masks.
Werner
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