Could living near plant nurseries affect my housing priority?

[Aurora1990]

Hi I am currently bidding every Thursday on buckshomexhoice. We are family of six, 4 kids under 10 years old in two bedroom house. We have been living in this house for 11 years. The problem with this house is, I recently got a comment from one of my friends when she visited us and made me really think. The house is located so close between two plant nurseries. They do work all the time from producing soil to companies to plants and so on. She commented that this could be an environmental risk for my kids for childhood cancers. That is terrifying. Can you please give me any advise regarding this. We can’t rent elsewhere as we need a big house and we can’t afford it at the moment. We are just waiting to be housed by the council as we already have a priority band b and bidding but it’s taking so long. Could this be a ground to be moved to and A bcos of where the house is located. Thanks a lot. Any insight will help.

Gosh, you really are very rude, aren’t you?

Clearly avoiding posters asking for links as they’re aware how their argument won’t stand up to actual scrutiny.
it just makes you look silly

You could private rent.

it's her religion!

You did not expect to be asked what websites you are getting information from ?

If you don't evaluate websites, there are posters here that do. Could put your mind at rest/ help you make a case if you link where you are getting the information.

@Aurora1990 this poster (@FictionalCharacter ) is offering to do you a favour.

She is offering to spend some time doing analysis for you, something she normally does professionally and charges people for, so that she can help you to understand whether there is a real concern that you can then act upon, or whether you can be reassured about the risk.

To do that, she needs you to link to the actual articles you have read.

She is offering a kind and helpful thing.

OK, I’m out. I’m a scientist, and I was offering to check the information you’ve read, to either confirm that it’s valid and you’re justified in being worried, or make a judgment that the scientific evidence isn’t strong enough to support the idea that there’s an increased cancer risk. There’s nothing harsh about that. If you don’t want me to do that, that’s fine.

I’ll be honest - seeing how many fuck ups councils and governments etc have made over the years (water, Grenfell, post office and probably many more) I wouldn’t trust that because the house was allowed to be built then it must be safe with no risk.
Having said that I don’t think it will make any difference to your place on a housing list. Overcrowding will though.

Google says everything could cause cancer.

Stop panicking.

Honestly I have just tried this out and been told that living in a field, a village, a town and a city can increase my risk of cancer. Where am I meant to live. So according to Google can drinking tap water or bottled water.

But why do you think daft beliefs are worthy of ‘respect’? And why won’t you tell posters who have offered to evaluate the online sources that are worrying you about pesticides and childhood cancer risks which ones you’re actually looking at?

I didn't think God approved of sex unless it was for the purpose of procreation. So either you were open to a pregnancy and thus overcrowded yourselves knowingly or you didn't mean to get pregnant, in which case you've already pissed off God having all that sex for funsies, so may as well use condoms

I just laughed out loud at that.

But look at all the people who work there every single day? Why would they do so if it was going to cause them cancer? There has to be regulations around the use of pesticides etc. and manure or compost might smell bad but it's not remotely dangerous.

God forbid you live in the countryside. Imagine that. All that soil.

Did you know that on a daily basis we consume a substance that can kill if you have too much? It's called DHMO or dihydrogen monoxide https://www.dhmo.org/
...aka H2O, or water. It kills by drowning.

Hopefully the above example explains why sources matter. I know critical thinking isn't highly rated in the very religious but I guarantee no one here will tell you about their (UK) experience of their child's cancer caused by the garden centre next doors, because it's never happened.

For your dust problem you could plant some tall hedges to filter it, they might even give you some shrubs for free if you ask nicely. Stop allowing shoes indoors, use doormats, get an air purifier, make sure your hoover has a HEPA filter/bag that you replace regularly.

Two incomplete Google searches.

Both suggest there's probably not a huge amount out there about the dangers of garden centres.

Personally I suspect the driving near to a centre that attracts an older cliental is probably a bigger risk .

Nonsense. Natural Family Planning is very effective when tracked correctly.

People are trying to help you.

Google searches do not produce the same results for everyone - the sites you are seeing may well not be top of the list or even on the list for others.

I get nothing of the type you are suggesting on my search lists, the highest which appears for me is aspergillus which is not cancer and is pretty specific (I’m assuming you are talking about botanical plant, not mechanical?)

So if you post the actual links there is a good chance that somebody her can evaluate the website and its info for you. There is a ton of crap science and conspiracy rubbish online, often posted by people with no actual knowledge.

OTOH if you don’t actually want help, say so and we can all look at other threads.

The OP doesn’t live next door to a ‘buy a shrub, a water feature and have a cup of tea’ type of garden centre. It seems to be more like an industrial or agricultural unit, creating planting compost material on a large scale. The concern is around the dust it generates, not the fact that it is a ‘garden centre’ as such.

I don’t think the OP is unreasonable to ask questions about this process and its impact on human health.

Dust, including desert dust and sandstorms, is listed on this WHO link about air pollution.

https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/air-quality-energy-and-health/health-impacts

Wow that is amazing. I don’t know. Accept my apology.

I didn’t know such help existed. You’re right that’s very kind. I will post the links. Thanks.

Not many sandstorms in the UK.

For sure the place might be processing contaminated soil, but these places are usually known about.

Nothing on here talks about living near plant nurseries.

What Causes Childhood Cancer? | Children with Cancer UK

Risks and causes of cancer in children | Cancer Research UK

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lol you don’t even know my religion and clearly being an atheist didn’t make you nice person so your point is mute.