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Title

Household dust contains a lot of dead skin cells

Description

Here is an interesting scientific fact — according to Imperial College London researchers, we shed approximately 200 million skin cells per hour — and they have to go somewhere when we are indoors. If the concept of skin dust bothers you, you should know that an American Chemical Society study discovered that a skin oil called squalene naturally helps reduce indoor ozone levels by up to 15%.

Source

The Sun 3.11.23, p.15.

Date

2023

Contributor

ethan

Format

Newspaper