A lot of CO2 is bad for thinking.

CO2 is just a tip as office or home is toxic environment anyway. Plastic (e.g. carpets), formaldehyde in furniture, air fresheners… add home office and cooking at home (-> small carcinogenic particles)…

If you start reading How not to die by Michael Greger, you find out that dust, soda and sitting - not CO2 - are real killers…

It's similar to how people think sharks and airplanes are the biggest killers - when in reality it is coconuts, mosquitoes, and motorcycles.

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bebe9494i4 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My previous employer had dogs shit on carpets, without proper desinfection! Just smearing excrements into carpet, waiting for it to dry out, so it can go airborne!

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_def 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How do you avoid/reduce exposure to dust? Genuine question

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Dove 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Air filters, decluttering, regular deep cleaning, replacing dust-friendly surfaces and furniture (such as carpet, drapes, and upholstered sofas) with things like wood, vinyl, or leather. HVAC maintenance, cleaning, and filters. Washable allergen covers for things like pillows and mattresses.

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hobofan 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

HEPA-filter air purifier and a robot vacuum that is scheduled to run while your are not in the apartment (to reduce baseline dust) are probably the most simple/cost-effective measures.

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throw-the-towel 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Use an air purifier, wear a respirator outside if you live in a polluted place.

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Gigachad 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Air purifier is good for PM2.5 and other microscopic pollutants but it doesn’t do that much for dust unless it’s particularly light dust and very close to the purifier.

Dust is much more likely to just settle on the ground and be kicked back up than it is to move all the way to the purifier to get stuck in the filter.

	▲	mrob 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have an air purifier with built in particulate sensor. It doesn't provide numbers, but has a multi-color LED indicator to report PM2.5 level as good/mediocre/bad/terrible. Running a vacuum cleaner that supposedly has a good filter consistently increases the reported PM2.5 level from the first band to the second. The air purifier (or faster/cheaper depending on the weather, just open some windows) can bring it back down again.