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Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

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371 points clumsysmurf | 8 comments | 19 Feb 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 1.447s | source | bottom
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xnx ◴[20 Feb 25 00:30 UTC] No.43109665[source]▶
On average, we inhale 20 lbs of air per day. This is greater by weight than the food or water we consume in a day. We should be paying a lot more attention to air quality.
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1. MathMonkeyMan ◴[20 Feb 25 01:35 UTC] No.43110080[source]▶
A rule of thumb is that if you paid sales tax for it, it's probably not food.

Of course "not food" is mostly fine.

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2. kevin_thibedeau ◴[20 Feb 25 01:41 UTC] No.43110112{3}[source]▶
Some states tax all food.
3. jameshart ◴[20 Feb 25 01:45 UTC] No.43110133{3}[source]▶
Everything in New Hampshire is food
4. zdragnar ◴[20 Feb 25 01:47 UTC] No.43110139{3}[source]▶
Not a great rule of thumb as every state and municipality is different in this regard.

Many places will have different rates for raw food, prepared to go / delivery, and prepared for on-site consumption.

https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2024/08/26/109453/109453/

5. Freedom2 ◴[20 Feb 25 02:23 UTC] No.43110349[source]▶
Actually Americans are the first to invent everything, including food.
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6. protocolture ◴[20 Feb 25 02:48 UTC] No.43110520{3}[source]▶
Oh so they could hypothetically make food they just choose not to. Makes sense.
7. Cyphase ◴[20 Feb 25 06:53 UTC] No.43111867{3}[source]▶
California logic, I feel you.
8. throaway89 ◴[20 Feb 25 17:00 UTC] No.43117168[source]▶
I think as an American, "food" should be in quotation marks