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Goonch

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7. Tracing the chemistry of household dust
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 05:13 PM
Dec 2021

"As sure as the sun rises, houses collect dust. It gathers on our knickknacks and dirties the carpets. More than just dirt, house dust is a mix of sloughed-off skin cells, hair, clothing fibers, bacteria, dust mites, bits of dead bugs, soil particles, pollen, and microscopic specks of plastic. It’s our detritus and, it turns out, has a lot to reveal about our lifestyle......."
https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i7/Tracing-chemistry-household-dust.html

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Most is SarasotaDem Dec 2021 #1
Thought so; been noticing such. elleng Dec 2021 #2
That would mean it accumulates in the rooms most occupied bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #3
We have three dogs and forced air heat. femmocrat Dec 2021 #4
dead skin, fiber, dead bug parts, soil, mite poops... pnwest Dec 2021 #5
Only lint knows that pwb Dec 2021 #6
Tracing the chemistry of household dust Goonch Dec 2021 #7
Also - KT2000 Dec 2021 #8
The air is dirty anotherOKIE Dec 2021 #9
;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Dec 2021 #10
my big hairy dog is the worst offender here. mopinko Dec 2021 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2022 #12
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