Posted on 11/20/2004 6:35:16 AM PST by scouse
Church air is 'threat to health'
Air inside churches may be a bigger health risk than that beside major roads, research suggests. Church air was found to be considerably higher in carcinogenic polycyclic hydrocarbons than air beside roads travelled by 45,000 vehicles daily.
It also had levels of tiny solid pollutants (PM10s) up to 20 times the European limits.
The study, by Holland's Maastricht University, is published in the European Respiratory Journal.
This discovery is very worrying Dr Theo de Kok
The researchers say that December, with churches lighting up candles for Christmas, could be an especially dangerous month for the lungs. It is now believed that respiratory health is increasingly at risk from so-called "indoor pollution" in the home, workplace and other enclosed spaces.
The Dutch team set out to examine the air quality in churches, as they are often poorly ventilated, with candles buring all day, and frequent use of incense. Both could, in principle, be expected to have some harmful effects.
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Not to mention how bad it is for the ears with all those darn silver bills. :^)
Well, my mom was a pretty good Catholic, and she always said Church's were full of germs, from all the people in them. "The worst place you can go if you are feeling under the weather", she said that about a million times.
Hardly any churchs around here burn real candles anymore, so that might be a help.
Oh, brother.
Yet another way the leftists will try to scare people into staying away from church.
Well, I guess that now that the C of E is now one one hundredth of it's original size, the BBC doesn't have to worry about this stuff in jolly ol' England any more...
Meanwhile, I'm sure that the air in Mosques is health itself, and all that bending and stretching is marvelous for the circulation!
That can be extrapolated to include: Movie Houses, Theaters, Sports Stadiums, Department Stores, Schools Etc...Etc...Etc. :^)).
This must be the new "for the children" argument.
The left has been rebuked so now eeeeeeverything is an environmental concern.
could it just be that Holland churches just don't have A/c.
Now the ACLU will have another reason to try to shut down churches here in the U.S.
Actually, I find it's the paper bills that pile up at that time to be worst for my health ;)
Must be all of them "church creapers". Silent but deadly.
Don't forget leave your shoes at the door.
Oh yes, all those places, durty, durty places, filled with durty, durty people just BREATHING on you!
Yuck! Don't leave the house!
mosques?
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