Quantcast
Channel: Environmental Health
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 100 View Live

Residential Solar Power Solutions

It seems that fuel costs for the home rise above inflation each and every year. I'm not completely sure why this is the case. There have been many changes in the way utility companies are run in many...

View Article



Why Treat Wastewater?

It's not a widely published fact, but that's no reason why it should not be a widely acknowledged problem. The world's supply of fresh water is slowly running dry. Forty percent of the world's...

View Article

How The Environment Is Affecting Your Health

The affects of our polluted environment and poor eating habits on our health can be disastrous or even deadly in some cases. For example, consider this:Due to deteriorating soil conditions, and poor...

View Article

Saving earth: recycling is a great start

Saving earth is now everyone's responsibility. Most governments have now understood the damages imposed on earth's resources and are taking significant actions to slow down and eventually stop wasting...

View Article

Climate Changes Due to Global Warming

While the drastic effects of global warming has been discussed in many scientific circles, had their run on TV and even had major exposure through well-meaning (but sadly inaccurate) Hollywood films,...

View Article


Saving the environment; every little steps count

Saving energy and the overall environment is a topic that has gained public attention more recently. People are realizing that at the rate we are using earth's valuable resources, we will face serious...

View Article

10 Cell Phone Radiation Protection Tips

"The voluntary exposure of the brain to microwaves from hand-held mobile phones... [is] the largest human biological experiment ever."~ Professor Leif Salford, Head of Research at Lund University,...

View Article

Water - The Worlds Most Precious Resource

Water is one of nature's most precious gifts and a resource we depend on for our life. Water is essential for everyone. Water is fundamental to all life forms, affecting all ecosystems and the various...

View Article


Good Day Sunshine

"When the sun shines they run and hide their heads, might as well be dead, when the sun shines"-The Beatles.Seems so many of us spend the vast majoriy of our lives sun- deprived. We work or stay inside...

View Article


Eliminate Basement Black Mold and Mildew Forever

Time and time again people do not realize that there is a potential threat hiding in the lower parts of some homes: basement mold mildew. It is true that if you and your familiy are living around toxic...

View Article

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fuel cell technology promises to help us deal with the dwindling supply of fossil fuel. But how far away is this technology for you and me?Aren't you tired of the high price of gasoline for...

View Article

Think Outside of the Box

In today's world of eco-friendly inventions, the electric car is getting its fair share of exposure. Not only are gas prices at an all-time high right now, but the fuel emissions that emanate from...

View Article

Why Waste Sunlight? Turn it into Electricity with a Solar Power System

Are you aware of the advances in solar power generation? Technology has now enabled houses to be powered completely by solar power. Houses can now be powered by natural sunlight. Instead of paying a...

View Article


Producing Hydrogen Gas As An Energy Resource

Hydrogen gas has the potential to be one of the planet's most flexible fuels, because there are so many different ways in which to generate it. In a regular plant production setting, producing hydrogen...

View Article

Biofuel = Death

Biofuel Will Impoverish The Planet Biofuel is already killing many, many poor people. So it is not that I am trying to be dramatic. I could not possibly be dramatic enough.Using United Nations global...

View Article


Home Water Filters

Nowadays with growing awareness you can find various types of home water filters in the market. There are array of water filters which can be used at home for purification of drinking water. These days...

View Article

How Wireless Security Systems Work to Protect You

Many Hollywood films show the burglar or villain having a rather easy time of breaking into a home. They simply snip the wires leading to the home alarm system, and voila, instant entry. One of the...

View Article


Biodiesel: Fundamentals

Any vegetable oil like Soya oil as also oils used for frying can go to make biodiesel. In diesel engines, one can either use biodiesel fully replacing diesel or combination of diesel and biodiesel in...

View Article

The Importance of Solar Power and Solar Panels

Electricity is nice when you can have lights with just a simple flick of the switch. In the summertime we experience some power outages when everyone turns on their air conditioners in order to...

View Article

The Need For Renewable Energy Sources

The generation of energy sources beyond those derived from fossil fuels has attracted increasing attention and gone more mainstream in recent years. This is not a movement confined to any particular...

View Article

The Hazards of Secondhand Smoke

Secondhand smoke poses serious harm even to non-smokers. Secondhand or passive smoking refers to the involuntary smoking or inhalation of tobacco smoke. Smoke from this process usually contains a...

View Article


Beginners Guide to Home Composting

Composting your kitchen and garden waste is a great way to reduce the amount of waste you dispose of in your rubbish bin. By composting your waste you can generate a free source of rich compost to help...

View Article


Are we sitting on a Health and Safety Time Bomb?

The explosive growth of computers and the home means that more people are being sidelined with repetitive strain injuries, although exact numbers are not available. These startling facts came about...

View Article

Solar Energy & Photovoltaics

Solar energy is energy that is harnesses from the Sun. The technologies harness the sun's incredible energy for practical ends. Solar power plants use a variety of methods to collect sunlight and...

View Article

The Only Thing Worse Than Fossil Fuel Are Some Alternatives

As the myth around global warming begins to unravel and Operation Desperation sets in, it's important for the public to know why biofuels aren't the answer to solving global warming. Biofuel, as you...

View Article


Solar Power: Heating Your Home and Efficient Appliances

Remodeling your home to use the sun as a natural heating source is fairly easy to do. Although you can't change the direction that your home is built in to face the morning sun you can still trap the...

View Article

Toxic Chemicals - Why I'll Never Be Like My Grandma

I've just been to visit my grandma. She's ninety two years old and is a remarkable woman. I aspire to be like her but there's no doubt in my mind I never will.I'm usually an optimist but I know my...

View Article

Understanding The Health Risks Of Exposure To Benzene

Benzene is a colorless, sweet smelling, highly combustible liquid that is extensively used in chemical industries and other manufacturing industries like rubber, plastics, paints, resins, drugs,...

View Article

It's Time to Consider Solar Energy

Solar energy is cheap, abundant, renewable, clean and, thanks to advancements in technology, easy to use Most people have ideas about solar energy that are based on old information. Many people still...

View Article



Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is made from resources that Mother Nature will replace, like wind, water and sunshine. It is also being called "clean energy" or "green power" because it doesn't pollute the air or the...

View Article

Plus Points For Organic Gardening

Organic gardening is the way of growing vegetables and fruits with the use of things only found in nature. Why would one want to indulge in organic gardening?1.One can easily make compost from garden...

View Article

Working And Playing In Heat

The human body functions best within a narrow internal temperature range of 36 to 38 degrees Celsius. In hot environments, more blood is directed toward the skin surface and perspiration increases to...

View Article

The Impact of Mosquitoes on World Health

In the medical field, mosquitoes are perhaps the greatest scourge of any insect pest. In much of the world, mosquitoes are the number-one public health menace, it being estimated that they transmit...

View Article


Do Diesel Emissions Result In Brain Damage?

Diesel in the environment has an undesired consequence When diesel fumes are inhaled it activates a stress reaction in the brain. This response could have harmful long-term effects on brain function...

View Article

It's only Wastewater, so why is Grit Removal Important?

When it comes to wastewater in industry, removing particles is probably one of the last things that you are concerned about. After all, this water is marked for waste, it is going to be treated...

View Article

How Much Water Do You Really Need? Why Too Much (Or Too Little) Inhibits...

The world of weight loss can be a confusing place, but one thing all experts -- including myself -- seem to agree on is that drinking water is essential for losing weight. Really, though, how much...

View Article


Reasons To Use Solar Power

There is little doubt that more people are getting interested in renewable energy sources to provide the energy needs both in their homes and portably. One such system that fits into this category is...

View Article


An Arena of Thoughts on Global Warming

If you want to get someone fired up, but don't want to talk about abortion, global warming is a good subject to bring up. Fire and brimstone will soon be flying as people stake out their positions....

View Article

The Facts About Asbestos Exposure

Knowing the facts about asbestos exposure will help you to protect yourself and your loved ones. The U.S. and many other governments have compiled fact sheets and created guidelines and laws for...

View Article

8 Basic Ways of Preventing Deforestation

There have been so many discussions on the effects of deforestation in our environment. These effects range from alarming to catastrophic. We have read newspaper headlines that show the wreckage that...

View Article

What Is In Your Drinking Water?

Even if the water looks clear and has no unattractive odor, pesky diseases may be laying in wait for the unsuspecting person. Water is easily available and therefore most of us don' t even give it a...

View Article


Patriotic People Recycle!

There's no doubt about it: if you're a patriot, you should feel great about recycling.Think about it. Recycling saves trillions of kilowatts of energy every year. It conserves our natural resources. It...

View Article

Uninvited Guests Who Ruin Homes and Health!

Black mold, mildew, fungi, dust, pollen and odors are wreaking havoc on our homes and immune systems. Are you concerned about your wellbeing and suspect that the air quality in your home or office is...

View Article


What Is Toxic Black Mold?

Mold is a fungus growth, which starts with a microscopic spore. In a damp environment, it will spread on organic material, such as food or wood. It can be beneficial; for example, the antibiotic...

View Article

The Major Threat Called Global Warming

Global Warming A condition of increase in earth's temperature is called as global warming. Few years ago, studies have depicted increase in earth's temperature in last century by one degree Fahrenheit....

View Article


Plants Reduce Stress, Increase Productivity in Offices

Recent research at the University of Texas and Washington State University in the United States and Surrey University in England has revealed that distributing plants throughout the office workplace...

View Article

Global warming fantasies and the eco-cult of true believers!

Hot off the UN presses ?we will all die from a natural gas called Co2! Global Warming fantasies that the earth is becoming one giant microwave heated up by man's pernicious and insatiable industrial...

View Article

Nitrate And Nitrite Nitrogen In Drinking Water

Water Wisdom Tips and Newsletter Issue # 7In this issue of Water Wisdom, we'll discuss two important sources of drinking water contamination ?nitrate and nitrite nitrogen. Because these are both forms...

View Article

Guides To A Work Safety Environment

Many of us have sat in one position for an extended period of time and had to deal with small joint aches, needles and pins feelings in our extremities, stiff necks and other slight problems. Imagine...

View Article


Baby Boomers are Living Off The Grid, Using Alternative Energy, and Building...

There is a lot to be said for the new crop of environmental-friendly, retiring Baby Boomers that are refusing the canned retirement solutions that are out there aplenty. Many have had to live in the...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 100 View Live




Latest Images