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Unhealthful contaminants in household dust

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elte Offline
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-po...ehold.html
Quote:The team found that:
Ten harmful chemicals are found in ninety percent of the dust samples across multiple studies, including a known cancer-causing agent called TDCIPP. This flame retardant is frequently found in furniture, baby products and other household items.

Such dust contaminants might have been a big factor in terrible sinus infections that I suffered from for a decade of my youth.  They didn't stop until I obtained my own living quarters where I had strict control over dust.  I had long associated the infections to immune problems caused mainly by plain dust mites, though it now seems likely that chemicals played a big role in the ailments.
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#2
stryder Offline
It doesn't mention anything about dead skin cells.  Breathing in other peoples skin could like also cause immune problems (if in quantity).  There's then the microfibres/microplastics that are currently seen as a concern to oceans, man made fleeces being one of the many things that produce them. 

There is then certain strains of bacteria that can find itself relegated to floating around with dust (usually the furry kind)

I have to admit that I suffer from contact allergies when dealing with heavy dust, so it's really difficult moving objects that have been sitting in dust for a time.  (even disturbing the dust by cleaning it can cause it to flare up)
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elte Offline
That reminds me how I also think cat and human dander might be implicated in those serious sinus infections that I had, which were opportunistic, capitalizing on my bad upper respiratory allergies.  Because of them, I have developed a habit of using a dampened paper towel to carefully wipe things down, which I still consider an important practice for toxin avoidance, even though my sinuses have been doing very much better for many years now.
Also, when mowing the lawn, I try to orient the mower downwind from my body position.
I had bought fine particle-filtering vacuum cleaner bags for my vac also, yet prefer using the damp wiping method where possible.
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