Is Air Conditioning Bad for You?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/03 18:00:00

Related Topics: Air Conditioning, Weather, Air, Cool, Cold, Hot

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	Yes	73 votes	24%
	No	234 votes	76%

Air conditioning is stale and recycled air... so it's not a big surprise that there's a belief that it's not too good for you. Do you buy it?

SLATE.COM reports:
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Jimbo 2012/08/03 16:10:52

No

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110 degree weather for weeks on end is bad for me
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Jdogg 2012/08/03 22:14:00

No

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Even if it is, I like my a/c and I don't like being hot.

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Bear 2012/08/03 21:56:20

No

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105 degree heat is bad for you.

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Vision of Verve 2012/08/03 21:54:51
charles... to Vision ... 2012/08/04 02:27:11

What environmental crap... Its just mental.

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Gooky 2012/08/03 21:47:40

No

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And if it is bad for me...big deal.I'd be dead w/o it.

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the judgebigdogeagle 2012/08/03 21:44:30

No

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I live in Texas and if we did not have AC people would die from the extreme heat.

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Rhi-ot. 2012/08/03 21:44:06

No

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I mean it sounds bad, but where I live the air is so polluted I don't think it matters if the air has went through an air conditioner or not. You know what sounds worse? Me collapsing from a heat stroke in my own damn house!

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the jud... to Rhi-ot. 2012/08/03 21:45:38

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Know what you are talking about. The Heat Stroke.

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jc 2012/08/03 21:40:39

No

It stays 95% from june - sept here in fl.I can't live without AC!

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Damaris 2012/08/03 21:37:58

No

I live in Arizona I NEED AC.

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ladyvoldemort 2012/08/03 21:28:51 (edited)

No

I have allergies and if I open the windows to cool the house down, I start getting a runny nose and itchy eyes. So yes to air con.

During the heatwave in 1995, my great-grandmother in Rhode Island died from heat stroke because she refused to turn on the air con.

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Kei_Jo 2012/08/03 21:23:00

Yes

It affects your body not being able to adjust to the hot temperatures outside.

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Bibliophilic 2012/08/03 21:21:43

No

No, dying from heat exhaustion or lying around like a slug is bad for me.

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Papillon 2012/08/03 21:06:06 (edited)
ChocolateThunder 2012/08/03 20:48:00

No

For June/July of 2011 and 2012, the heat was akin to that of an oven.

Now THAT'S bad for me.

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Lili13 2012/08/03 20:46:32

No

But the air conditioning in cars, it suffocates me for some reason

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Papillon to Lili13 2012/08/03 21:10:28

Put it on fresh air.

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Lili13 to Papillon 2012/08/03 21:17:29

still it suffocates me as it makes the air around a bit heavy

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Papillon to Lili13 2012/08/03 21:55:39

You may have the beginnings of COPD.

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Lili13 to Papillon 2012/08/03 22:55:16 (edited)

Er what does that mean and umm i have always had this problem since i was small

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/08/03 20:38:40

Yes

It can be. They're good ways of spreading diseases - someone in an air conditioned building has flu, everyone will get it...

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simplex5 2012/08/03 20:34:17

No

But to much of anything is bad for us! Lol

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Sybil 2012/08/03 20:33:55

Yes

I hate air conditioning. I wait 8 damn months for the heat to come and I am not wasting it by sitting in a refrigerated house. Also the stores crank it up so high that you can't wait to get out of the store with chattering teeth! why do we accept wintery freezing temps indoors in the summer yet heat it up in the winter? Makes no sense to me. I love Canada but I hate the cold and the snow.

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Apache 2012/08/03 20:19:24

No

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Wrong. I don't know who did this study but it is definitely WRONG! I've built many homes and in order to meet the building codes, you must supply outside air to your mech. room where the furnace and air conditioning unit blower is placed. All HVAC systems require outside air or you could risk serious respiratory health consequences as a result.

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Dave1969 2012/08/03 20:08:01

Yes

Like anything,when used in excess it can have a negative effect on you,but when used prudently,there is less danger.A lot of bacteria,not the good kind,involved

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Papillon to Dave1969 2012/08/03 21:14:30

That bacteria will die either in the compressor or the air handler before it ever gets to your nose. Now mold on the other hand, comes in at and through walls, and stays in moist airless areas and eminates from the walls. That is the respiratory bugaboo here.

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Dave1969 to Papillon 2012/08/03 21:36:33

Thanks for clearing that up for me,Peter,it is much appreciated.

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Papillon to Dave1969 2012/08/03 21:56:27

You're welcome, Dave.

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Beat Magnum True Hero 2012/08/03 20:00:58

No

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No worse than dehydration or heatstroke, which I've suffered more than once. AC FTW!

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EmoKiss:3 2012/08/03 19:55:31

No

...is it?

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wpsark_BN_0 2012/08/03 19:23:35

Yes

oops, I meant no

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Papillon to wpsark_... 2012/08/03 21:16:46

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You were probably just shocked at the ridiculousness of these test groups!

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wpsark_... to Papillon 2012/08/03 21:23:16 (edited)

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hahaha, probably XD

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james.bowman.146 2012/08/03 19:19:34

No

If any of you have ever read "Ethan Frome" which is a phenomenal classic, it shows how everyone in the North East is depressed from the constant winters. In the south, it was the same with constant summers. Is it unhealthy? Possibly. However, so is not having air conditioning or heating. lol

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Dave1969 to james.b... 2012/08/03 20:04:38

I'm going to read it,sounds good.Thanks

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james.b... to Dave1969 2012/08/03 20:16:35

It is great. Superb symbolism. Short too.

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Papillon to james.b... 2012/08/03 21:17:14

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Right you are!

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ray 2012/08/03 19:18:41

No

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Air conditioning is very rarely bad, but weeks of temperatures over 100 is always bad.

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Gray Pilgrim 2012/08/03 19:16:10

No

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air conditioning reduces humidity and reduces stress on the body,,, also ir can mix filtered ouside air into the environment which acually reduces the stale air in the room

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Kingarthurup 2012/08/03 19:10:50

No

is living in Finland bad for YOU?

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