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bad gas

No, I haven’t been eating at the diner again. I’m talking about radon!
As I mentioned a week ago the level of radon is the basement of the house we lived in the last months was scarily high. Turns out the first floor is also scary, at ~24 pCi/L. The EPA recommends you do something about [...]

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cold water dousing

Forgive the lack of a post last night. We’re getting settled into to our new home, which process I shall write more about later today. But for now: dousing!
Cold-water dousing is a health practice akin to “polar bear swimming.” Basically, you set a bucket of water outside for a few hours, then walk out, stand [...]

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flesh

Today I found myself staring at a steak in disinterest.
I care a lot about the food that I eat. I think about it a lot. I once considered, in an ill-informed sort of way, going vegetarian. Once I began to do my research I realized that it can be difficult to be a healthy vegetarian, [...]

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raw milk

I’ve been doing a bit of reading lately on raw (unpasteurized) milk. I’m going to start collecting details on the subject on this page: Concerning Raw Milk. Until then, here are some basic thoughts on the subject:
People have been drinking milk raw for tens of thousands of years.
It seems very likely that people didn’t start [...]

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