My Jeepney Adventure

I was watching the Discovery channel last night and there was a show about how to have an environmentally friendly mega city and there were four different ideas on how to lower emmisions.  One of the developers were Pinay and a Pinoy who she commissioned to make a cleaner Jeepney to lower the emissions of CO2.

Anyhow, the show did state a statistic about Manila and how the air quality is so bad, that it's over 3x worse than the safety standard by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).  They stated on the show that over 4000+ people die each year due to the really bad air in Manila.

Today, I had to ride the Jeepney to SM City Batangas because I had to take my Toyota in for a service and I didn't feel like waiting at Toyota.  I figured, why not?  I'm brave, I can ride the Jeepney (though, it was a bit scary because I've only rode a Jeepney once by myself and it was only one ride to my destination) and today was a whopping two!   Anyhow, I am here comfortably at the mall at Starbucks sipping on a Double Tall Latte the a little cinnamon on top.  MaArte no?

Going back to my Jeepney Adventure, I've come to realize first hand on how the air is so bad!  Sitting in the Jeepney especially idle was even worse.  The air is so bad, I knew that if I do this every day like most Filipinos do, I'd age so rapidly.  Aging of the skin and aging of my organs.  No wonder that people in Manila is having so much trouble just by breathing.

It is known that in Los Angeles, CA, if you run for 30 minutes, the oxidative stress is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes.  That is staggering.  Imaging how much oxidative stress Filipinos are going through each day.  It is horrific!

Though, in the health and wellness world, it says that we need more nutritional support today than our Lolo's and Lola's did when they were growing up.  Antioxidants help fight free radical damage which is basically oxidative stress.  Look, we live on a toxic planet and a very toxic country.  I hope our new incoming President Nonoy will promote a clean air act and an environmental act.  It needs to be done.

President Nonoy!  I hope you are reading this!  There is a big problem and Philippines needs a solution.  Political will in this situation is imperative.  Good Luck!  We Filipinos here in the Philippines and around the world are with you in this!