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Gambling ads across much of Europe. It’s pervasive especially around football ad breaks. I have a theory that at some stage VOCs (in furniture, carpets, lamina

Gambling ads across much of Europe. It’s pervasive especially around football ad breaks. I have a theory that at some stage VOCs (in furniture, carpets, laminated wood products, paints etc) that lead to sick building syndrome will be heavily clamped down on, but nowadays nobody bats an eyelid at new couches laden with formaldehyde or other substances.

mattowen_uk 5y ago
> Gambling ads across much of Europe. It’s pervasive especially around football ad breaks This. It's awful in the UK. Non-stop gambling adverts everywhere. They have to have a disclaimer on them and link to https://www.begambleaware.org/ https://www.begambleaware.org/ but there's no rules it seems on how short or small the link needs to be. On some ads it literally flashes up for only 1 second at the end.
telotortium 5y ago
> sick building syndrome A lot of that, at least in the US, is due to having houses built more tightly for insulation, which stopped the natural air exchange from drafts that would normally occur. Now the building codes have been revised to mandate that a certain rate of air changes occurs even in houses, usually done using a heat exchanger: https://bcapcodes.org/tools/code-builder/residential/ventilation/ https://bcapcodes.org/tools/code-builder/residential/ventila...