Environmental Health Articles
1: Toxic Chemicals - What Are We Doing To Our Kids?
I was born in the late fifties. In those days it was safe to leave your doors unlocked, leave your bike unattended, play out in the street and talk and accept lifts from strangers.
2: Whole House Water Filter Guide
More and more people are getting worried about the quality of the water that flows through their taps for drinking, showering and cleaning purposes because even though it passes quality control, which is monitored by the local Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is certified drinkable there are many minerals and even bacteria that still exist and can damage our health, skin and appliances.
3: Poisons in your Home? The List.
Are Any of these listed on Products in your Home?
4: Protect Your Baby - Talc Is Extremely Dangerous
Before using body powder on you or your baby, consider that not all body powder products are baby-safe. Body powders as well as baby powders, having talc as main ingredient may do more harm to you and your baby than good.
5: Is Indoor Air Safe? 4 Simple Steps to Make It Safer
It is true that we spend most of our time, almost 80% of it, in indoor spaces. We're used to worrying about the air outdoors. We complain about pollution, gas emissions and smog. However, indoor air can be more hazardous than outdoor air. That is due to the levels of humidity that are created in closed spaces, which support growth of bacteria and intensify the existing pollutants. The concentration of pollutants per unit of air can be 10 to 50 times greater indoors than out. Additionally, indoor air is perfectly absorbed and exchanged with fresh air. That leads to breathing higher concentration of pollutants per breath.
Some of the indoor air pollutants whose existence we know of include:
6: What is in Your Drinking Water?
Most drinking water is provided to communities comes from surface sources, like lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. These water bodies unfortunately are attacked daily with harmful chemicals from industry, the environment, and the human race. In addition, storm water drains empty into our lakes and rivers further contaminating them with gasoline, oils, and anti-freeze, just to name a few.
7: The Facts on Household Cleaning Products
81,000 CHEMICALS REGISTERED WITH THE EPA IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, and fewer than 20% have been tested for toxicity!
8: Ever heard of Histoplasmosis?
Histoplasmosis is a fungus that can infect an eye or a lung, and in a serious case, you can lose your eye or lung to this infection. Large accumulations of guano sometimes breed this fungus. Yes, it's a fungus that develops in the excrements of the bats. Do you have a "bat problem" at your home or business office?
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