Making Chemical-Free Purchasing Choices for Optimal Health
When you come to examine it, synthetic chemicals are around us all the time. However, making chemical-free purchases can help alleviate allergies and keep the environment from being polluted with these powerful substances. In fact, there is a growing body of evidence that would suggest that the synergistic effects of some of the chemicals that [...]
Pollution in the Bedroom
Most people spend at least a third of their lives in bed. In fact, given that your face is planted right in a pillow or mattress much of the time, the potential for being, quite literally, gassed in your sleep is quite high. Many of the materials that make up modern pillows, mattresses and bedclothes [...]
What is Smog and Where Does it Come From?
Nearly every large city on Earth suffers from some degree of smog. This word itself is a combination of “smoke” and “fog,” though the actual substance that hangs in the atmosphere like a dirty brown blanket is usually far more complicated. During the initial century of the industrial revolution, smog was almost always caused by [...]
Rising Sea Levels and Carbon Dioxide Pollution
Perhaps one of the most concerning things about the predicted course of climate change over the next century is the likelihood of rising sea levels. It is thought that by 2100, the melting glaciers and ice caps could rise the level of oceans all over the world by as much as 3.4m/11 feet. While this [...]
How to Gage Your Pollution Exposure Risk
Pollution is found not only in the natural environment, but also in your own home and work, regardless of where you live or what you do for a living. But how does one gauge their own personal exposure to these pollutants and toxins? The only way to quantify your exposure to known toxins is to [...]