KORC FM Music & Civics

Another trip through some discs that feel good. This show features music from Richard H. Kirk, Sandoz, and Haroumi Hosono. ~ Dj Nails

Another trip through some discs that feel good. This show features music from John Coltrane, Bill Nelson, and Al Dobson Jr. ~ Dj Nails

The following Climate Crisis news story is brought to you by the Corvallis Advocate.

By John M. Burt

Is the Air Worse Inside Or Out? 

It’s easy to only pay attention to the quality of air outside, not inside, especially when the air quality index (AQI) suffers from high concentrations of noxious, cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from wildfires – which Oregonians have had their fair share of over the last few years. Under conditions like those, it’s easy to forget that the quality of indoor air can actually be worse. 

Oregon State University’s Kim Anderson, an environmental chemist, recently spoke with KLCC about the issue of indoor air, saying, “[E]ven when we see AQI numbers like 150 for example, the indoor air for these classic compounds called PAHs, are higher than outdoors. Specifically, AQIs oftentimes are really focused on particulate matter, but PAHs can exist both on the particulate, and they can be as a gas that we breathe.” 

Anderson conducted tests on air quality during the 2018 wildfire season. “People think air inside their house is perfectly clean, and that if we close all the windows when it is smoky outside there will be zero contaminants inside. That’s just not true,” she said in a press release from OSU in 2020.  

What most people don’t understand is that PAHs can be very small, and can seep into your house. Therefore, Anderson conducted an experiment where she placed air samplers inside and outside of buildings during fire season. The PAHs from inside were equal to or greater than from those outside.  

It was also found that PAHs can come from cooking, burning candles, and air fresheners. So don’t be afraid to open your windows and let the not always completely clean air in. It’s for your own health.  

By John M. Burt  

For more information about Corvallis air and other local news, go to TheCorvallisAdvocate.com

Dream-in with Gas, Khotin, and other dense electronicists before the Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia offer up the rhythm in the second hour. ~ Dj Nails

Offbeat and spontaneous selections from the shelves of Dj Nails. Features tracks by Young Marco, Omar S, and Pale Saints.

Congress just passed another 24 Billion in Defense spending that the White House didn’t even ask for. Meanwhile, 22 vets commit suicide a day. If you really support the troops, ask Congress why they keep buying more weapons.. And ignoring vets dying on our home ground. A message about Supporting the Troops... From Veterans for Peace.

Founding father James Madison warned that, "War is the greatest danger to civil liberties because it contains the seed of all others and that no nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." Need proof, look at Afghanistan. Wikileaks revealed the terrible things our government did in the name of "freedom," and now Julian Assange rots in prison, a political prisoner of the American Empire. If you value representative government, and the freedom granted in the constitution to the press, demand that truth-tellers be free. A message about Freedom, from Veterans For Peace.

Stay safe and stay home if you can everyone. You are more important than your job and the economy. Your life matters.  The economy doesn’t matter. It’s not alive. It’s not a sentient being. It doesn’t even have feelings. Without YOU.. this whole economy thing wouldn’t even exist. That’s how powerful you are. Take care of yourself and F the economy.

RIP to the don of the console, Mr. Lee "Scratch" Perry. Just scratching the surface of his work in the episode with music from the Congos, Susan Cadogan, as well as other dub and reggae artists. ~ Dj Nails

There are two papers in your town. One is owned by Lee Enterprises, a publicly traded company that publishes 75 daily newspapers in 26 states. Lee Enterprises is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate run by Billionaire Warren Buffet. 

The other paper is locally owned and operated. 

Which one would you trust? 

KORC FM supports Independent media like the Corvallis Advocate because corporate owned media favors corporations, not human beings. Support news that supports you. 

 

KORC Music and Civics, for a civilization that wants to know the truth.