Chinese Traffic Cops Have a Shorter Life Expectancy Than Rock Stars
Tough job:
China city traffic cops given 43 years to live
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese city traffic police have an average life expectancy of just 43 years because of the dire working conditions and pollution, state media said on Tuesday.
And nearly every traffic policeman in the booming southern Chinese city of Guangzhou suffered nose or throat infections caused by dirty air.
Xinhua news agency said a survey of eight cities found that police officers who had worked the streets for more than 20 years were the most at risk.
Pollution was the chief culprit, but stress, traffic noise and standing long periods in the sun were also to blame...
More than 90 percent of the 2,746 traffic police who underwent a check-up in Guangzhou had infections, the China Daily quoted the Guangzhou Hospital of Vocational Disease Control and Prevention as saying.
China city traffic cops given 43 years to live
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese city traffic police have an average life expectancy of just 43 years because of the dire working conditions and pollution, state media said on Tuesday.
And nearly every traffic policeman in the booming southern Chinese city of Guangzhou suffered nose or throat infections caused by dirty air.
Xinhua news agency said a survey of eight cities found that police officers who had worked the streets for more than 20 years were the most at risk.
Pollution was the chief culprit, but stress, traffic noise and standing long periods in the sun were also to blame...
More than 90 percent of the 2,746 traffic police who underwent a check-up in Guangzhou had infections, the China Daily quoted the Guangzhou Hospital of Vocational Disease Control and Prevention as saying.
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