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What item you use frequently would you be least surprised to learn is secretly bad for you?
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Air conditioning. All kinds of bacteria, dust, mold, algae, who knows what else is going through the evaporator, through the air ducts and blasting right into your lungs. Yeah, there's a filter, but it's on the intake side. It doesn't account for what has built up in there over the years and it doesn't catch everything. The one in your car can be equally as gross.
you get Legionnaires' disease from air conditioners. It's called that because it was figured out after a bunch of people died from improperly maintained air conditioners at a hotel hosting a Legionnaires convention in the 70's!
That's why I use a mini split ductless unit. A lot easier to clean.