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Shelter: A Quest for Non-Toxic Housing
Crocuta writes "Many of the geeks on /. voluntarily confine themselves to their homes for vast
stretches of time, but what happens when your home becomes your prison? Eric Hunting
suffers from Environmental Illness which perpetually confines him to his home, which even
as carefully furnished as it is, is still slowly killing him. His website, Shelter, is both a plea for help and a guide
documenting one man's quest for non-toxic housing."
Hell to think that I was happy my crayons and paste were non toxic........oh crap! is playdoh?
Money not found! A)bort, R)etry, D)eclare Bankruptcy
Steps to finding a non-toxic home:
1. MOVE OUT OF NEW JERSEY
The rest will be much easier once step 1 is complete.
What wood? Plywood (flooring substrate) and press board are all made with really nasty glues.
Well don't use fricking plywood or press board then!
Bricks are made of god knows what in some cases
Bricks are made of clay, baked at very high temperatues. There really isn't much more to it than that.
Mortar has really nasty things in it
Really, like, erm, lime, silica and sand?
Where do you buy your building supplies, for flips sake, Dr. Evil?
That's it....i'm gunna go live in a log cabin in montana, grow a beard and mail packages to important people. :) he he he
Most MCS suffers tended to succumb to the condition in mid adult-hood and are often female with middle-class backgrounds
*cough* oprah made it up *cough*
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Maybe this is just mother nature's way of getting rid of this guy?
Don't forget about Dihydrogen Monoxide! This is one of the most dangerous chemicals in existence, yet it's used in just about every processed food there is. Stop the madness!
Chelloveck
I give up on debugging. From now on, SIGSEGV is a feature.