http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8937-sunscreen-chemicals-disrupt-thyroid-in-rats.html UV light from the Sun can potentially cause skin cancer. But studies on the chemicals that block UV have already raised concerns over side effects. I’m feeling more and more secure about my decision to just avoid leaving the house entirely. No sunstroke, no UV, no chemical-induced cancer, plus I get a lot more […]
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Shutting Themselves In – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15japanese.html?ei=5070&en=21676b58a29f4bf2&ex=1138338000&pagewanted=all I’m late in Stumbling this link, partially because I found the concept of hikikomori so intriguing. I’ve spent a good part of the last few years feeling a lot like the subjects described herein, where on most days leaving the apartment is a major struggle. I don’t know that I fall under the hikikomori […]