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Or it could be that people spend more time in their luxury vinyl planked house, vaping and having ingress air filled with formaldehyde from traffic It'd make m

Or it could be that people spend more time in their luxury vinyl planked house, vaping and having ingress air filled with formaldehyde from traffic It'd make more sense and be less ethical to expose people to either formaldehyde or tire dust in a confined area, but that study is definitely not getting funded

dyauspitr 2y ago
What does vaping have to do with this? It doesn’t contain formaldehyde.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
  Shouldn't contain formaldehyde, but does appear to https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321928 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321928 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5954153/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5954153/
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smitelli 2y ago
Modern construction is insanely "tight" in the sense that most of the inside air stays in and most of the outside air stays out. Some of the most energy-efficient buildings need convoluted ventilation systems to prevent the humidity from getting out of whack and causing mold. My older house might leak conditioned air like a sieve, but it's also venting away the various VOCs from whatever cheap crap I have recently brought inside.
- fisherjeff 2y ago
  AFAIK, the ventilation systems are only convoluted in the sense that they use a heat exchanger to minimize the temperature difference with the incoming fresh air. It’s not a hack or afterthought: The idea is that airflow is very important, but it needs to be controlled to maximize energy efficiency.
  - hgomersall 2y ago
    Relying on passive ventilation that wasn't designed as such is also not a good way to achieve removal of these nasties. You can see that if you open a window when you have high CO2 - it doesn't drop at any speed.
    - wkat4242 2y ago
      Huh for me it drops down to 400 within minutes when I open a window
      - hgomersall 2y ago
        Relying is the important point. Sure, it may be fine, but it often isn't, and probably is uncomfortable in winter. And that's before we get to energy losses.
      - harvey9 2y ago
        I guess you and the person before might have different circumstances in how your windows and rooms are set out, local prevailing wind and so on.
      - ryan-c 2y ago
        I have to open two windows in my home office, otherwise the co2 just hangs around.
pvaldes 2y ago
Is not just traffic, Biologists are exposed to formaldehyde vapors each day for example, and gloves don't remove it entirely so you end having skin problems.

dyauspitr 2y ago

What does vaping have to do with this? It doesn’t contain formaldehyde.

ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
Shouldn't contain formaldehyde, but does appear to https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321928 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321928 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5954153/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5954153/

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smitelli 2y ago

Modern construction is insanely "tight" in the sense that most of the inside air stays in and most of the outside air stays out. Some of the most energy-efficient buildings need convoluted ventilation systems to prevent the humidity from getting out of whack and causing mold. My older house might leak conditioned air like a sieve, but it's also venting away the various VOCs from whatever cheap crap I have recently brought inside.

fisherjeff 2y ago
AFAIK, the ventilation systems are only convoluted in the sense that they use a heat exchanger to minimize the temperature difference with the incoming fresh air. It’s not a hack or afterthought: The idea is that airflow is very important, but it needs to be controlled to maximize energy efficiency.
- hgomersall 2y ago
  Relying on passive ventilation that wasn't designed as such is also not a good way to achieve removal of these nasties. You can see that if you open a window when you have high CO2 - it doesn't drop at any speed.
  - wkat4242 2y ago
    Huh for me it drops down to 400 within minutes when I open a window
    - hgomersall 2y ago
      Relying is the important point. Sure, it may be fine, but it often isn't, and probably is uncomfortable in winter. And that's before we get to energy losses.
    - harvey9 2y ago
      I guess you and the person before might have different circumstances in how your windows and rooms are set out, local prevailing wind and so on.
    - ryan-c 2y ago
      I have to open two windows in my home office, otherwise the co2 just hangs around.

pvaldes 2y ago

Is not just traffic, Biologists are exposed to formaldehyde vapors each day for example, and gloves don't remove it entirely so you end having skin problems.