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by hooloovoo_zoo 1642 days ago
Link to the whistleblowers's article about her apartment experience: https://sfbayview.com/2021/03/i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apart...

I don't know what effects she may have experienced from environmental toxins, but I do know that her story is very similar to those I have heard from friends relating to finding e.g. a small amount of mold in their apartments. At least in some cases I think such observations are just feeding into a viscious anxiety cycle. Person is anxious and suspects their environment: person finds perceived enviromental pollutant: person becomes even more anxious and so on.

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her apt VOC levels reaching 1.5 mg/m3 (sounds like for example 0.2g of acetone evaporated in 500ft apt without ventilation) is classified as elevated/temporary exposure only. One can see (IANAD) how it may be a problem for a person with sensitivity like the asthma she has.