Lotions, perfumes curb potentially harmful effects of human oxidation field, study finds (news.uci.edu)
from Pro@programming.dev to science@mander.xyz on 28 May 20:30
https://programming.dev/post/31207951

  • Your skin creates a chemical cloud indoors that can affect the air you breathe.
  • Everyday personal care products like lotion and perfume can inhibit that cloud.
  • Research by UC Irvine and others shows that this might make indoor air healthier.

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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 28 May 21:01 next collapse

Wait, are they saying BO is bad for us?

lemmyng@lemmy.ca on 28 May 21:35 next collapse

This feels like a thinly veiled skincare ad…

termaxima@programming.dev on 28 May 21:52 next collapse

Have they tried opening the window ?

NoTagBacks@lemm.ee on 29 May 15:19 collapse

Man, ‘potentially’ sure is doing some heavy lifting here. For those of you that didn’t read the article, looks like they’re talking about oxidation in the context of the introduction of outdoor ozone inside, combined with all the regular-ass pollutants from cooking, cleaning, etc. The oxidation cloud in question we produce is coming from our naturally secreted oils, which was dampened by lotions and perfumes acting as a barrier. The potentially harmful portion came from the interaction of said oxidation cloud interacting with whatever else is in the air, like what comes out of our sofa when we sit on it. It would seem to be that it’s only potentially harmful because we haven’t really studied these interactions that much yet. You’d be just as correct in saying it’s potentially beneficial.

The real news to me is that we haven’t really studied stuff like this that much. I would have assumed we would have studied the health effects of indoor air from this kind of source many times before, but I usually forget that I tend to severely overestimate the patience researchers have for controlling a variety of highly specific variables. ¯_(ツ)_/¯