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Questions tagged [environmental-health]

Use this tag for questions regarding physical, chemical and biological factors that may affect human health.

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A question about chicken eggs, which ones are best?

The eggs from my own chickens are different to the ones they sell in the stores. They are much smaller, have a whiter shell, have less egg white, and the yolk is lighter yellow. They also taste different. People from the chicken egg industry argue…
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Is the illegal nuclear waste at the Coldwater Creek Nuclear Landfill a risk to public health?

NOTE: This is not a copy of: Is the illegal nuclear waste at The Westlake Nuclear Landfill a risk to public health? which is a different nearby nuclear landfill that has a different issue of a Subsurface Smoldering Event (SSE) aka: underground fire.…
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Are the chemical compounds BPA, BPS and BPF harmful to humans?

According to the following article by Time, and the study that it cites, several compounds of the chemical bisphenol - used in commonly-handled products like shopping receipts and plastic containers like bottles - are likely to be unsafe for humans,…
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Does any high fructose corn syrup remain in bread after baking?

I have seen bread that has the dramatic message "Contains no high fructose corn syrup" By reading the labels on other breads, I find it appears frequently in the list of ingredients. Since the yeast attacks the sugar and destroys it during the…
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Has 98% of Europe banned water fluoridation?

I came across this gem on facebook today. It contains no sources, makes a bold claim with a numerical statistic to "back it up", and has been "shared" and "liked" thousands of times in the last ~48 hours. Spotted at:…
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Is there a pressure point under the nose that can eliminate the urge to sneeze?

There's a pressure point under your nose that, if you press it, temporarily stops the sneeze reflex. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiSneezeFinger One of several places this is written about. Now, when I hear "pressure point", I…
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Are E-Cigarettes as unhealthy as conventional cigarettes?

At my community college, a person in a booth was handing out pamphlets talking about the health problems with cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The pamphlet seemed to indicate that e-cigarettes could be as unhealthy as conventional cigarettes. When I…
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Is sleeping on airbeds unhealthy?

I have often heard from people that sleeping on airbeds is not good for health, reasoning that it is filled with air and molds to the shape of our body, so cannot provide enough support for the back. My roommate has been sleeping on an airbed for…
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Can radiation from wireless phones and computers harm babies?

Possible Duplicate: Do mobile phones have anything to do with brain cancer? There is some discussion about the harm of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from mobile phones and other wireless devices. Is there reliable evidence for different…
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Do closed closet doors keep moths out?

Some sites suggest that closed doors can keep moths out. Others report that keeping the closet doors closed does not help with moth control. So, does it?
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Are there major negative health effects from living next to a coal power plant?

EnergyJustice writes: Health Impacts & Coal Plants: There’s no shortage of data to show that individuals living near a coal plant are at higher risk for health problems than those who do not live near a plant. In Delaware, years after residents…
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Does sensitatization require less allergens than elicitation?

In Evidence that Food Proteins in Vaccines Cause the Development of Food Allergies and Its Implications for Vaccine Policy Vinu Arumugham claims: It has been demonstrated that a smaller quantity of allergen is needed to cause…
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Smell of a Body

There's many fictional and nonfictional stories about passerby detecting dead bodies inside buildings and such by an "overwhelming stench of decay" or something equivalent, usually even through thick walls or from separate houses. But the total mass…
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Is the first stall of a public restroom the cleanest?

I have read so during a quick search on google, are there proofs for this theory?
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Does injecting Bacillus F improve one's health?

In a Siberian times report, a Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov claims that 3.5 million year old bacteria Bacillus F improves longevity and fertility of fruit flies and mice stimulated the growth and also strengthened the immune system in…
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