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the perils posed by thirdhand smoke, or residues left on surfaces that may not have been exposed to cigarettes in some time. “Homes become reser-
voirs of tobacco smoke pol- lutants,” says SDSU psychol- ogist Georg Matt in a recent university press release. “These volatile compounds soak into the drywall; gyp- sum is like a bottomless pit for these toxins. Carpets are tremendous reservoirs.” Matt became interested
in thirdhand smoke years ago, when he found certain byproducts of cigarettes in the children of participants in a smoking-cessation study, even though the parents no longer smoked or allowed others to do so near their kids. He’s joined by envi- ronmental health scientist Penelope Quintana and envi- ronmental chemist Eunha Hoh in research that seeks a determination to what extent contamination from past smoking can affect current inhabitants of a closed space. “Cigarette smoke is
known to contain thousands of chemicals, and these chemicals get deposited onto surfaces,” says Hoh. “The levels of these chemi- cals may be quite low in thirdhand smoke residue, but they are dangerous when you have chronic exposure.” Researchers warn that
vacuuming carpets and dust- ing walls isn’t enough to rid a home of contaminants from smoke. Even painting walls, they fear, may not be sufficient. The group plans to study
up to 200 low-income homes over the next three years in an attempt to learn more about affordable and effec- tive means of eradicating existing smoke damage within residences.
Dave Rice
Fabiani invests in NYC Chargers spokesman buys Manhattan condo San Diego Chargers spokes- man Mark Fabiani — now one of San Diego’s most contro-
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versial persons — has pur- chased a condo unit at 60 East 8th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan. The price for his unit, 18J, was just under $1 million, according to
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New York real estate sources. Fabiani says it is an
investment — not a home, not a second home, and not a new branch for his crisis communications
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firm, Mark Fabiani LLC. The unit is in Georgetown
Plaza, a condop in the vil- lage. (A condop is a building with both co-ops and con- dos. Some of the condos can
be used as office space.) Georgetown Plaza is close to Union Square, Washing- ton Square, and Tompkins Square. It was built in 1965. This could be a good
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investment. According to the Wall Street Journal, the typi- cal cost of a Manhattan co-op or condo passed $1 million for the first time in 2015. Don Bauder
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