Our health is affected by a lot of things, and our home and work environments can have a direct impact on our general health. Your home should be a sanctuary from the world. It’s where you rest, eat, and enjoy some peace and quiet. Your work environment is where you spend most of your time. If your home or work site are damaging your health, you need to recognize it and fix it.
My family moved from Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, when I was 5 years old. My father had been hired by the Federal Government to work in one of the 3 plants there. I saw mountains for the first time and had lots of new experiences. Unfortunately, most of us in the family also developed hay fever from all the new pollens and other particulates in the air.
We first rented from the government a duplex half. Oak Ridge had been built as a secret city during WWII. The employees during the war lived in barracks. Later other housing was added with tri-plexes and duplexes. By the 1950’s, small singe family homes were added. All of the housing was built by the Army as “temporary housing” using concrete blocks (CBS housing). It’s used a lot in Florida for hurricane resistance. In Tennessee, which is a colder climate, you have cold damp concrete inside walls. In the winter the walls perspire and are damp. Mold or mildew can grow. I believe this contributed to my development of a compromised immune system which I now have.
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