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> For me, today at least, it was a pot of boiling water on the stove. If you elect to do this (I also did this, at one point in my life), think twice if your s
by shadytrees 6y ago
> For me, today at least, it was a pot of boiling water on the stove.
If you elect to do this (I also did this, at one point in my life), think twice if your stove is gas. There's increasing evidence that gas stoves lower the air quality in your home, especially in apartments with poor ventilation:
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/nitrogen-dioxides-impact-indoor-air-quality https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/nitrogen-dioxides...
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/indoor-air-pollution-cooking https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/indoor-air-pollut...
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.122-a27 https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.122-a27
Instead, I recommend this humidifier, which is easy to clean (distilled water only, please) and refill (albeit on the smaller side):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WKZVWRD?psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WKZVWRD?psc=1
- amluto 6y agoI would never use an ultrasonic humidifier. Everything in the water becomes aerosolized: dissolved solids turn into particulate pollution, bacteria and fungus become aerosolized [0], etc. [0] I wouldn’t worry so much about viruses — viruses that infect humans probably don’t reproduce in water.