From Lambeth Palace. Archbishop Justin Welby preached at Canterbury Cathedral during a service of 'thanksgiving and repentance' for the first black Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who was consecrated 150 years ago.
Children, senior citizens, and people with heart and lung conditions are especially vulnerable, but smog can impact even those of us in good health. Symptoms during high air pollution days range from eye and nose irritation that can amplify allergy and respiratory infection, to increased cardiac and respiratory deaths.
The common cold is a viral respiratory infection causing sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, headache and more. Bronchitis, an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, causes cough, dark or yellow mucus, chest pain and more. Pinkeye is redness and swelling of the membrane that lines the eyelid, called the conjunctiva. Hay fever, an allergic reaction to outdoor pollens and molds, causes nasal congestion, itchy eyes, and more. Symptoms of heartburn and GERD are a burning feeling in the chest, throat, or mouth, nausea, and more.