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CarolineW
So this article says that it's misunderstood, but real:

http://askakorean.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/fan-death-is-real.h...

Quoting from that:

    This pamphlet from the EPA[0], at pages 49
    and 51, clearly states the hazard of using
    portable electric fans during high heat. It
    specifically says “Portable electric fans
    can … increase the circulation of hot air,
    which increases thermal stress and health
    risks[,]” and “DON’T use a portable electric
    fan in a closed room without windows or doors
    open to the outside.”
Problem is, that link now goes somewhere else, and not to a pamphlet at all. Tricky.

However, this has been discussed at length here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8740683

It's also been submitted lots of times, although the last time was a month ago, so maybe we should see it again:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11844310

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9825096

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8136969

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5357829

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3943075

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3890949

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3425519

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3310449

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1465409

[0] http://www.epa.gov/hiri/about/pdf/EHEguide_final.pdf