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So it was the cleaning agent, not the humidifiers them self, that caused the deaths? Kinda scary how long it took to uncover this. I wonder how many other prod
by rightbyte 4y ago
So it was the cleaning agent, not the humidifiers them self, that caused the deaths?
Kinda scary how long it took to uncover this. I wonder how many other products like this are circulating.
- pifm_guy 4y agoI'm fairly confident that something like this wouldn't have been discovered in the USA. 14,000 deaths by asthma like causes spread over 10 years in a population of 300 million is going to disappear into the noise. There is nobody doing nationwide studies asking 'do people who have a humidifier live shorter lives than those who do not?'. Besides, any results from that question would be hidden behind spurious correlations (humidifiers are maybe owned by the rich, or used only in dryer places where disease profiles are different).