Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mould and mildew: long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places.
New research finds that, when schools practice mandatory masking, social distancing, and frequent hand-washing, COVID-19 transmission is rare
Some people just aren’t bothered by the cold, no matter how low the temperature dips. And the reason for this may be in a person’s genes.
You may not realize it, but you likely encounter phthalates every day. These chemicals are found in many plastics, including food packaging, and they can migrate into food products during processing.
Mosquitoes are an inevitable part of the summer. And this year, with COVID a consideration, we might be spending more time outdoors than usual.
The following are some tried-and-true methods for removing toxic chemicals from your body, which will help relieve your body's toxic burden...
It’s important to have good ventilation. This means you get as much outside air as possible to mix with the air inside the cabin and then flush it out. But how?
The risk is higher in some regions but where you live is not the only factor that matters. When it comes to heat, some jobs are much more dangerous, and put workers at higher risk of injury.
The ear cannot close naturally; it has no lid, no muscle, no reflex that could consciously create a barrier between our acoustic perception and the outside world. We listen to sounds from the start of life and for the duration of our entire life.
You might think air pollution can be avoided indoors. But worldwide, more than 3 billion people are exposed to it within their own homes through cooking, heating and lighting with traditional fuels.
As many of us congregate indoors over dinner and drinks during the holidays, we need to think about ventilation to minimise...
The global death toll from COVID-19 has now passed a million. To slow the spread of the disease, we need to better understand why some places have higher numbers of cases and deaths than other
Today humans are exposed to thousands of man-made chemicals. Yet the effects on people’s health are still not fully understood.
When you breathe in smoke from a wildfire, you’re probably inhaling more toxic chemicals than you realize.
Wildfires have burned millions of acres in the western United States this year. Tens of thousands have been evacuated and thousands of buildings and other structures destroyed.
Since the pandemic struck, most people have been spending the majority of their time in the house. Those working from home have become ever more reliant on electricity for running office essentials, including computers, printers, phones and broadband.
Two forces of nature are colliding in the western United States, and wildland firefighters are caught in the middle.
Asphalt is a significant source of air pollutants in urban areas, especially on hot and sunny days, according to a new study.
By 2050, 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in towns and cities. Urban living brings many benefits, but city dwellers worldwide are seeing a rapid increase in noncommunicable health problems, such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.
Short trips. Masks for everyone. Far fewer passengers than before. Those are my top recommendations for how America’s school buses should take kids to and from school during the pandemic.
If I dare to give the coronavirus credit for anything, I would say it has made people more conscious of the air they breathe.
Heatwaves undoubtedly bring a certain joy at the opportunity to be out in the sunshine. But as the planet heats and weather records tumble, increasingly normal bouts of baking heat aren’t all sun and games.
Malnutrition can lead to stunted growth. A new study of children in Bangladesh implicates 14 types of bacteria in the small intestine.
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