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telluride | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Don’t forget Africanized bees
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NunyaBidness | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 And radon!
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Adam Snyder | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Radon is only a problem in new, energy-efficient homes.
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NunyaBidness | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 That’s not what they were screaming about in the 80’s and 90’s. If you had a basement you was gonna DIE!

It was all BS of course.
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Adam Snyder | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I see. Yeah. I have 1 degree of separation from a whole family that died from cancer they got from radon. Long story short they had a newer home with a basement and the home was too "tight" for energy efficiency. Radon couldn't get out.
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NunyaBidness | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes. New, tight homes are horrible but not just with radon (which will kill you, no doubt). Probably the worst air quality you will find short of high summer in L.A. (smog) are in these houses and new construction buildings.

Fresh air isn’t appreciated.
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Hawk | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 and eating animal fat causes deadly cholesterol buildup