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Comment Re:For those getting pitchforks ready (Score 2) 152

New home or apartment construction is more air tight than it used to be and companies cheap out and don't install real exhaust vents over stoves.

I've heard this touted as the reasoning, and it seems plausible at first glance, but I don't that better ventilation is going to make a significant difference for the following reasons:
1) In my personal experience, people tend to only turn on vents when what they are cooking is smelly or smoky in some way. The hazards as I understand them are from the burning methane itself, which is largely odor free
2) There's really no way to determine how well a hood is set up and how well it ventilates, even when it is ventilated to the outside. No doubt it is better, but by how much? Has anyone studied this? I'm unaware of any standard regarding this or any reasonable way of measuring.
3) There are situations where "proper" ventilation is pretty much impossible. What do you do in this case?

In order to properly address this issue we'd have to acknowledge the hazard, which a lot of people seem to be resistant to. I don't think we're doing anyone any favors by blaming bad construction.

Comment Could be Interesting (Score 1) 99

I'm fairly certain this will be more trouble to enforce than they are bargaining for, and may have some knock on negative side-effects.

However, assuming it isn't a complete failure and social media use is decreased substantially, it may provide some interesting independent data about childrens mental health and social media use.

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