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Airplane cabins aren’t full of recycled air

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Despite the persistent myth that you are inhaling recycled sneezes, the internal atmosphere is aggressively purged through high-efficiency particulate filters. The constant influx of external air means the pressurized environment is significantly cleaner than an average office building. You are actually breathing surprisingly pristine mechanical wind.

Airplane cabins aren’t full of recycled air
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