01/17/2016

Indoor smoking/drug use continues to be a problem again today in Building E of the South 67 Condos.  While I have smelled some of this pollution coming from E26, it took me most of the day to realize the majority of the pollution was actually coming from the front of the building.  From what I could tell the most of it was coming from E22 & as far as I know, nobody is living there yet.  Considering I couldn't detect any pollution from E12, I'm going to have to assume E22 has the heater running & it's sucking the pollution through the vents into that unit, which is the only reason that unit would be effected more than mine with my unit being right in the middle of them since I don't have my central air running currently (because of the pollution).  One thing I do notice pretty often is that the pollution is usually pretty bad when I walk down the public hallway & am in about the same place where E26's living room would be on the other side of the wall; I have to assume he's done something to prevent the majority of the pollution from escaping through his front door since it can be stronger at that point in the public hallways than at the front door of his unit.

I attempted to ignore the pollution for most of the day, attempting not to put up a log on minor pollution, but eventually it escalated to the point where nausea turned into vomiting & had to start using my respirator again.  Surprisingly the pollution hasn't been as bad today as it has been most Sundays; the level of toxicity has actually been less today that it is most weekdays.  Normally I would say we're seeing some progress here, but usually when I say that things start getting much worse again, so I'm not going to tie myself down to that statement this time.  We'll see what happens tomorrow, however I'm not going to hold my breath expecting any resolution to this problem in the near future (or ever if you want to be more realistic; I might be holding my breath for other reasons).  Today the indoor pollution from what I could tell has been mostly the e-cig/hookah smell; I haven't actually been able to verify the spice/incense smell today.

Health problems from indoor pollution today:

• Chest Pains
• Coughing
• Dizziness
• Headaches
• Irritated Eyes
• Migraines
• Nausea
• Ringing Ear
• Sore Throat
• Vomiting

UPDATE:  Peak low temp in unit reached 65° F today due to being unable to use my heater via central air because of the pollution coming from other units, which is also the reason why I've had my gas shut off since September of 2015.

Originally posted on Facebook 1/17/2016