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Enviro Health
Eaten alive by maggots!
Just another internet hoax. Or is it? Read

Are pigeons flying rats?
Don’t let the bed bugs bite!

 About Enviro Health
Enviro Health in the news
Pollution ups blood clot risk
What's your Greendex score?
Smog kills say scientists
Parkinson's pesticide link
Climate to make us sick: WHO
Malaria heading for Britain
Concern for athletes at Olympics
Cleaning products tied to wheezing
Cell phones up mouth cancer risk
Air pollution may lower IQ
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Barefoot in scorpion country
A near-fatal scorpion sting on the toe tends to really drive the message home: always wear closed shoes in the bush… Read more
 
 FAQ
  1. If we’ve stopped producing CFCs, then why do we still need to worry about the ozone hole?

2. What is sick building syndrome?

3. What is multiple chemical sensitivity?

4. What is “environmental health”?

5. What causes acid rain?

6. What are “heavy metals”?

7. Is the earth really getting hotter? And, if so, will it really make that much of a difference?

8. How can the environment make you sick?

9. Do cell phones give you cancer?

  
 
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Contents

EnviroHealth: Introduction
What is the EnviroHealth Centre? , What is environmental health, Beyond the boundary of the body

Climate and Temperature
Hot Topic, Teach your kids about the sun, The danger spot of a cyclone, Hotter world cooks up storms, Avoid being thunderstruck, more...

Work environment
Sick office syndrome , Trucks can be noisy, Sick building syndrome, Is ink bad for your health?, Fibreglass safety, more...

Environmental disasters
What are tsunamis?, Suicide gas kills in minutes, How to survive an earthquake, Surviving under rubble, Could you outrun a wildfire?, more...

Green Living
Too much light - a health concern?, Clean Machine, Big hair and lightning bolts, Toxins hit kids harder, Not just burial or cremation, more...

Water
Water hazards, Toxic contaminate in Durban , What is in your drinking water?, Are public pools unhealthy?, Cape rivers ‘used as toilets’, more...

Air
Suicide gas kills in minutes, Airconditioning and you, Sulphur dioxide - the facts, New toxic additive in petrol, Reduce your emissions!, more...

Animals
Eaten alive by maggots! , Bird people risk parrot fever , Is your home a roach motel?, How to avoid shark attacks, Shark attacks on the increase?, more...

21st century life
Beware benzene, Pollutant risks in pregnancy, Ammonia poisoning, Toxic ammonia in your home?, Is ink bad for your health?, more...

Health tips
Safety at sea, Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, When paint fumes are a knockout, Veldfire alert, Avoid being thunder-struck, more...

What to read
The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Collapse, Climbing Mount Improbable, Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants

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21st century life
About Enviro Health
Air
Animals
Climate and Temperature
EnviroHealth: Introduction
Environmental disasters
FAQ
Green Living
Health tips
Real life story
Water
What to read
Work environment
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