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I have a cheap pm10 meter and ran it continuously for a few weeks. Next too cooking meat the other activity that stood out was blowing out the birthday candles.
by tda 5y ago
I have a cheap pm10 meter and ran it continuously for a few weeks. Next too cooking meat the other activity that stood out was blowing out the birthday candles. The pm10 rose to 300 and only was backs to healthy levels (below 50) several hours later. I was as surprised as you are. Next time I'll definitely open a window
- coddle-hark 5y agoHow often do you blow out birthday candles?
- vinw 5y agoAt least once a year
- kenniskrag 5y agoYou're lucky not born on 29th February.
- uCantCauseUCant 5y agoEvery day when you are poor on this planet..
- HPsquared 5y agoNot all particles are equally toxic. If I had to guess, the smoke from a recently-extinguished candle is probably condensed wax vapor rather than PAHs and heavy metals.
- Symmetry 5y agoI don't think condensed wax vapor has looks like the dark smoke that comes off a recently extinguished candle. I'm pretty sure it's carbon compounds from the wick.
- yarcob 5y agoThe black smoke is soot from partially burned wax and it's definitely carcinogenic.
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- sizzle 5y agoCondensed wax vapor can’t be good for your lungs when inhaled
- sputr 5y agoWhere did you get a cheap meter and what do you consider cheap :D?
- tda 5y agoIt's a pms5003 which I bought for €12 from aliexpress
- twiddling 5y agocheck out fireworks for the Fourth: https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-big-fireworks-pollution-question-will.html https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-big-fireworks-pollu...
- tda 5y agoThe absolute values measured are not that high luckily. In the Netherlands at New years pm10 of greater than 1000 can be observed. I believe my outdoor sensor peaked at 900 in the first minutes of 2020. Glad fireworks were banned this year