Air Pollution:

Ethylene leaks  from old gas heaters or old split systems (which also have gas in them and can leak toxic ethylene, that’s why they get de-gassed and re-gassed in cars etc)  Ethylene is highly flammable and reactive/dangerous gas that is emitted from old malfunctioning gas heaters etc sometimes.

Symptoms of Ethylene leak:

• Irritableness, headaches, dizziness, fatigue
• Very dry skin
• Dehydrated eyes
• Difficulty breathing

Sources: https://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0873.pdf

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/npi/substances/fact-sheets/ethylene-oxide

DIY Home Test to confirm Ethylene presence:

The gas plumbers ONLY test for carbon monoxide poisoning leaks, which kills people fast. However gas plumbers HAVE NO test for Ethylene gas poisoning leaks which kills people SLOWLY. 

Ethically, in my opinion, gas plumbers SHOULD have an ethylene test, BUT they don’t yet have one for mainstream household gas plumbers, and if you google there is no mention of ethylene test requirements for households, and my gas plumbers did not detect it with their gas leak and carbon monoxide testing equipment, yet I did find several ethylene testing machines that are actually available and are used in gardening applications for greenhouse ethylene heater gas leaks!  

However I did some research and discovered that Ethylene dissolves in water so you can do a simple test at home yourself by putting some cut flowers in a glass of water, and if the green stems go YELLOW, that confirms an ethylene leak of toxic fumes. If green stems stay green or shrivels to brown that is OK.

Sources: https://www.e-gro.org/pdf/2015_415.pdf  

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp137-c4.pdf

https://greenhouse.cornell.edu/crops-culture/ethylene-in-the-greenhouse-symptoms-detection-prevention/

https://endowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/412NellEthyleneandCutFlowersReport2003.pdf

Usually OLD gas heaters or split systems have this issue. 

NOTE: If you have an old indoor gas hot water system, check that also!

Remedy to eliminate Ethylene leak:

To fix this problem you need to replace the heater or split system.  I was concerned so I replaced the old burner in my central heating.  My folks had this same issue I observed, with their very old split system, and I eventually got them to replace that also because they were displaying obvious symptoms also.

That’s what I did, upgraded burner to an Australian made new burner, then repeated the above test, flowers stayed green, skin was super hydrated, I became much more relaxed too! Respiratory issued disappeared, no need for asthma puffer and no more hayfever symptoms.  I noticed my cut flowers in vases stay green and healthy for a very long time now, and NEVER go yellow anymore!!!  My folks dry skin and eye rash issues, etc were also resolved after replacing their split system.  Their cut flowers in vases also stay green now :)

If you are are not allowed to change the heater or split system, due to expense etc, I did additional research and found that there are air filters, and some of them clean all toxic gases out of the air, so that might be worth a try, however I believe it is best to save up to eliminate the pollution source.

Source: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2013/cg_4.html

Micro Plastic fumes poisoning, from people who used to be nearby and burnt plastics in their log fire, creating toxic smoke which affected me badly.

Symptoms: 

• In my own experience toxic plastic fume/smoke inhalation caused lots of surface veins and discolouration appearing on my legs that would not heal. 
• difficulty breathing, etc

Sources: https://www.hse.gov.uk/lung-disease/plastics.htm#:~:text=What%20are%20the%20risks%3F,irreversible%20and%20include%20occupational%20asthma.

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/poison/plastic-casting-resin-poisoning

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10151227/#:~:text=In%20vitro%20experiments%20with%20human,gut%20microbiota%20dysbiosis%2C%20and%20neurotoxicity.

https://unwrappedproject.org/the-human-health-threats-of-microplastics

DIY test:

If it smells extremely stinky (not like wood smoke) and you can’t breath very easily due to the toxic stench etc, it may be microplastic fumes.

Natural Remedy:

To get rid of microplastics from your body and reverse damage, I used a vitamin called Milk Thistle, 1 per day which slowly detoxes the Liver, and this makes it easier for the liver to perform it’s natural function of cleaning your blood/body of toxins, including microplastics. 

Sources: 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320362#:~:text=Supports%20liver%20health&text=The%20active%20ingredient%20in%20milk%20thistle%2C%20silymarin%2C%20acts%20as%20an,be%20beneficial%20for%20liver%20problems.

In my experience this process takes 3-6 months or up to a year with daily Milk Thistle depending on level of microplastics pollution in your body. 

In my own experience I observed the Milk Thistle dramatically faded away red/black blotches on my skin, face/legs, and the blotches disappeared by 80% after about 3 months of 1 Milk Thistle tablet daily, it appeared to work extremely well and disappeared naturally to indicate effective toxicity removal in my body. I intend to stop using Milk Thistle after toxins are removed and blotches are 100% disappeared.