Use this tag for questions regarding physical, chemical and biological factors that may affect human health.
Questions tagged [environmental-health]
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Is Paraffinum liquidum (mineral oil) in cosmetics dangerous?
Paraffinum liquidum can be found in a lot of cosmetic products.
Some articles say it is harmless but the other half said it causes harmful effects such as the premature aging of the skin.
Examples of negative reports:
Innocent Oils
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Is the microwave bad for heating baby food?
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Is food cooked in a microwave oven considered harmful for the health?
I am well aware that there are concerns about "hot spots" (small areas which are hotter than others that are produced in the microwave) when heating…
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Asbestos in Chinese manufactured goods
I saw a mini-documentary today from a German show in English called In Focus, it was an expose on asbestos contained in Chinese produced thermoses.
The documentary and as an example this website claim that asbestos is quite prevalent in Chinese…
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Does too much deuterium clog up our mitochondria?
I recently came across a strange idea that appears to be popular in the biohacking and alternative health community. The essence of it is that many of the ills of modern life are cased by a buildup to excess deuterium in our bodies. As this site…
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Do UV air purifiers reduce the risk of being infected by the common cold or the flu?
I've seen several manufacturers make the claim that UV-C air purifiers can prevent the common cold and flu - primarily due to the destruction of viruses. (The ones that only purify air by filtering do not make this claim.)
For example:
US Air…
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Is it almost impossible to find animals that are not contaminated by chemicals?
From Chapter 3 of Rachel Carson's seminal book, Silent Spring (1962):
FOR THE FIRST TIME in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death. In the less…
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Is arthritis a symptom of boron-deficiency in the diet?
As shared on Facebook: Wake Up World: Arthritis Cure Found in Nature?
This article claims that boron kills amoebae that cause rheumatoid arthritis. It also claims that areas of the world that have higher boron concentrations in the soil have lower…
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Do styrofoam cups cause health issues?
A friend of mine posted a link on Facebook to a Change.org petition to stop using styrofoam cups at Dunkin Donuts. Amongst their complaints was that styrofoam cups caused health issues for the staff and customers:
The effects are usually irritated…
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Is carbon dioxide from a mosquito trap potent enough to attract mosquitoes?
There is a large number of mosquito killer traps available which claim to work on the principle that carbon dioxide generated from the reaction of titanium dioxide with UV light is used as a trap to lure and kill the mosquitoes. Is this setup…
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Does chicken meat from the US contain arsenic?
Facebook brought this Minds.com article to my attention:
After years of sweeping the issue under the rug and hoping no one would notice, the FDA has now finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the USA contains arsenic, a cancer-causing toxic…
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Did some Johnson & Johnson's cosmetics contain Ethylene oxide?
An Indian News article says one of India's states suspended the Johnson & Johnson license for its products contain Ethylene oxide.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licence for manufacturing cosmetics of Johnson…
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Do earthenware pots contains lead?
I have heard somewhere that the earthenware pots contain lead, which can cause brain-damage.
Is this information correct?
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Is there enough tetrodotoxin in a single fugu (blowfish) to kill 30 people?
As a section about Fugu fish in the "Top 10 Most Dangerous Foods" article on the Time magazine website suggests
The toxin is so potent that a lethal dose is smaller than the head of a pin, and a single fish has enough poison to kill 30…
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Mobile towers pose serious hazards?
Possible Duplicate:
Do mobile phones have anything to do with brain cancer?
Today we had a seminar about wireless technologies and were told that mobile towers pose serious health hazards. I found this related article on web:…
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Could I safely use copper sulfate in my swimming pools as an algaecide?
I used cupric sulfate as an algaecide in my swimming pool for a while without problem. I was adding a very small quantity of it (one teaspoon when the season start and 1/4 teaspoon whenever I add water.) However, a "swimming pool expert" told me I…
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