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Why fans shouldn't be used during heatwaves

Why fans shouldn't be used during heatwaves

Mornings with Simi

April 11, 20247m 44sbonus

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Show Notes

Recent guidance suggests that electric fans are helpful during heatwaves. According to these guides, fans help cool the body in air temperatures up to 40°C due to their promotion of sweat evaporation. But a research group says that may not be the case.

Guest: Dr. Robert Meade, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit at the University of Ottawa

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