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When environmental protection becomes compulsive

I installed an air purifier in every room but I still check the air quality app obsessively and I realize I am trying to control something that is mostly uncontrollable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The attempt to manage environmental threat through technological solutions reveals the deeper anxiety of living with uncertainty.

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“Where Are You with Environmental health — toxins and exposures?”

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