Many preferred cleaning products include chemicals and poisons that aren’t earth friendly and have been linked with major sickness and even devastating sicknesses. These poisons have been connected with illnesses like allergies and asthma, and more heavy sicknesses including cancer. These cleaning products haven’t been animal tested, but many haven’t been tested for effects on the earth or long-term exposure to humans. There are lots of earth day green friendly cleaning possibilities. A few of these you can find in your place already. [Read more...]
Sweet sugar and the sulphur miners
March 11, 2011 by
Sweet Sugar and Sulphar Mining
Have ever thought of the process that goes into making sugar?
Yes, we are talking about sugar. The irresistible sweet particles are the star players in our diets. Even those on strict dietary plans, require some sort of form of sugar goodness. Most Savoury dishes are also prepared with a bit of sugar. Its presence is almost inevitable, yet highly acceptable. The process that goes into refining sugar is as complicated as any others conducted to prepare raw materials into ready-to-be used end products. But on this case, we will concentrate on the use of sulphur in sugar refinery. [Read more...]
Global health
March 7, 2011 by
Global Health
Studies on global health suggested that the underlying cause of life threatening diseases and illnesses such as malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia is poverty. According to the reports released by the World Health Organization, there are significant social, political and economical factors in play within the aspects of health, the environment and the populations.
It was pointed out that there is a deeper connection between environmental factors, poverty and the health of the populations. A clear example could be directed to the devastating condition in Africa. The unfortunate climate experienced by the country had forced the government to seek outside help. It is a circle with hurdles and struggles. In order to develop the country into a safe place to live it requires nearly all the basic necessity, which reflects even further on the difficulties of placing the priorities. Being environmentally disadvantaged, it requires major supports to provide safe and clean water for consumption, and also water to grow crops. In order to achieve this, economical and human resources, along with appropriate equipment are obligatory. Financial supports from other countries, medical workers, and volunteers, have all come along to help build life necessities. [Read more...]
Household waste
March 4, 2011 by
Landfill
What is household waste?
Materials that can be accounted for as household waste include non-hazardous materials such as food, packaging, furniture, and hazardous ones such as paints, batteries, cleaning liquids/oils, and electronics. According to numerous environmental studies, this type of waste contributes greatly to the staggering level of pollutions, in a manner that involves the environment, and the people living in it. In a working household that comprises of an individual, a family, or a group of people, one could almost be convinced that there will be at least food and packaging waste. The bigger the home, the number of people living in it, and the different lifestyles, the more waste the environment could expect. [Read more...]
Environmental Research, Public Health and Health Education
February 26, 2011 by
Public Health
The art of improving human health and keeping it protected is the science of Public health. This is done through health education, looking how to prevent injury, research for disease and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
In this field of work it’s an aim to prevent health problems before they can occur. People like to work in this sector as they feel it can be rewarding as it can be seen as making the world a better safer place to live in.
The ultimate goal is to improve day to day live through treatment and prevention of diseases. [Read more...]
Soil pollution
February 13, 2011 by
Soil Pollution
The primary factors that contaminate the soil are arsenic and lead. These two highly poisonous substances are found in the soil in great amount and have considerably negative effects on health.
Arsenic is a toxic chemical used in pesticides. The use of pesticides itself is widely and very common in agriculture. It promotes growth in a rapid manner and its utilization includes on anything from corps to chicken (through their feeds). Rapid growth would then mean faster harvest, enhanced productivity, hence faster income. [Read more...]
Recycle
January 21, 2011 by
The definition of recycling has been described as the process to turn waste materials into new products. They can have similar properties as the original use, such as plastics and papers, or into parts of other useful goods. [Read more...]
Water pollution
January 15, 2011 by
Over 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. It is undoubtedly one of the most important natural resources to humans. Water serves us in numerous ways, directly and indirectly, as little or as much. We require water to drink, cook, clean and to operate so many other things from growing vegetables to igniting power. Equally important, are the organisms that live in the water and contribute to the chain of a working aquatic life. [Read more...]