Smog in our brains • Hacker News Board

Re: Smog in our brains

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Post by mwest » Wed, Jun 28, 2017, 3:41 PM UTC

sevenfive wrote: post #83

observation wrote: post #53

You should be worried about IAQ - indoor air quality. This is because you spend 90% of your time indoors. It is also because IAQ is far worse than outdoor air quality. The kitchens of most homes would be closed down by inspectors if they were commercial. Correctly ventilating a home with a ERV/HRV, bathroom ventilation and oven hood (harder than it sounds because many designs are snake oil) solves the problem. Few pe…

> Most American homes share a leaky wall with their garage. A garage with shelves of highly toxic substances that offgas through the wall when the weather gets hotter. I don't buy this... what substances exactly, and wouldn't this imply that spending any time in one's garage is extremely dangerous, given that the concentration must still be orders of magnitude higher inside than out. Also, why is bathroom ventilation…

You need decent ventilation in your bathroom. If the room stays too damp (steam after a shower, etc.), you'll end up with mold, some of which can definitely be neurotoxic.

Re: Smog in our brains

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Post by sevenfive » Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 6:00 AM UTC

mwest wrote: post #91

sevenfive wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Most American homes share a leaky wall with their garage. A garage with shelves of highly toxic substances that offgas through the wall when the weather gets hotter. I don't buy this... what substances exactly, and wouldn't this imply that spending any time in one's garage is extremely dangerous, given that the concentration must still be orders of magnitude higher inside than out. Also, why is bathroom ventilation…

You need decent ventilation in your bathroom. If the room stays too damp (steam after a shower, etc.), you'll end up with mold, some of which can definitely be neurotoxic.

> mold, some of which can definitely be neurotoxic.

Nope. Bad for you in general. But no evidence of bathroom mold that's particularly neurotoxic. If you google it, you find mostly court cases (not a good sign).

Re: Smog in our brains

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Post by observation » Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 8:24 PM UTC

theWatcher37 wrote: post #73

observation wrote: post #53

You should be worried about IAQ - indoor air quality. This is because you spend 90% of your time indoors. It is also because IAQ is far worse than outdoor air quality. The kitchens of most homes would be closed down by inspectors if they were commercial. Correctly ventilating a home with a ERV/HRV, bathroom ventilation and oven hood (harder than it sounds because many designs are snake oil) solves the problem. Few pe…

Hey so, I read your comment and have a few concerns. -you seem extremely confident in city evaluations of IAC for businesses. My city has shit OAC, water quality, etc. why would I believe they have good IAC standards? TBH i doubt they even measure it. I live in a top-5 US city by population and I honestly believe what you're saying about local government enforcing quality standards is crap. -offgassing is a thing tha…

You know, I wanted to reply to people including yourself a few days ago, but the way you responded put me off.

Editing assertions in and out of your posts about my character is not a good way to get an appropriate response from me.

Do your own research on IAQ if this topic is of concern to you.