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The Truth About Fan Death
Could this South Korean urban legend be real?
Anna Rothschild • July 8, 2010
[podcast]http://www.scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Fandeath3.mp3[/podcast]
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Anna Rothschild
Anna Rothschild is a producer and science writer from New York City. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in biology, she worked as a scientist at the American Museum of Natural History where she cloned humpback whale genes into bacteria, lassoed lizards in Floridian forests, and detected fraud in the caviar trade. Now, she reports on everything from life science, to space, to urban legends.
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get this girl a nobel prize already. and a peabody.
high five!
Perhaps the fan motors are producing a significant amount of ozone that is then circulated throughout the room, possibly reaching a deadly level.
Great job. Love your fresh style. Nicole is always articulate and entertaining.(Greta’s mom)
I don’t know whether to be scared or amused! Still, it’s good to know that people are out there finding this sort of stuff out. I’ve not used this site much before but I’m really enjoying the quality of articles across the whole site – especially the blogs. Excellent stuff!
interesting. i actually live in south korea and it does sound ridiculous. but i do keep my door open when i have my fan on…
I guess I’ll be keeping my bedroom window a tiny bit open whenever I use my ceiling fans amd air-conditioner wenever I sleep! It should be unlikely, but “just to be safe”.