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Which House Plants Improve Indoor Air Quality?

Which House Plants Improve Indoor Air Quality?by Deanna Duke. Back in the 1980s, NASA reported some research it did on the value of indoor plants in cleaning up air quality. Over the years, researchers looked at more than 30 different plants to find the ones that are best at cleaning indoor air...

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What is a Toxin? Women & Cancer

What is a Toxin? Women & Cancerby Sondra Kornblatt. Women show more susceptibility to toxins. On one hand, women’s bodies have more fat, where toxins accumulate, so women are four times more likely to exhibit symptoms of chemical sensitivity than men.

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Cutting Mercury & Protecting America’s Children

Cutting Mercury & Protecting America's ChildrenLast week, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards was finalized and will protect millions of families and, especially, children from air pollution. Before this rule, there were no national standards that limited the amount of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases power plants across the country could release into the air we breathe.

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Environmental Hygiene

environmental hygieneWe are living in a world where environmental pollution has become part of life. Civilized humans today must live in cramped urban areas, drink contaminated water, take in polluted air, eat contaminated foods, and endure loud, disturbing noises. What can we do?

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