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Daily Beast: The Fireplace Delusion - A Metaphor for Religious Belief.

“Among adults, wood burning is associated with more-frequent emergency room visits and hospital admissions for respiratory illness, along with increased mortality from heart attacks. The inhalation of wood smoke, even at relatively low levels, alters pulmonary immune function, leading to a greater susceptibility to colds, flus, and other respiratory infections.”

02/03/12 • 03:37 PM • Health • Psychology • Religion • Science • (2) Comments

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Probably not good news for those of us who spent a good part of our youth either around a fire place or putting one out in the National Forest

Posted by Emmett on 02/03/12 at 04:53 PM

But remember that all the cells in your body are completely new in 7-year cycles.  So if you exposed your lungs in your youth, you should not be suffering from that today.

Posted by Evelyn in Iowa City on 02/04/12 at 04:24 AM

 

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