Wednesday, November 30, 2011

WV-3 One Deadly Gas

Picture this. Let's say your front door has broken down and will no longer close. So it's always open. How vulnerable would this make you, your family and your possessions? Truly, who knows what would come inside? For starters, you could welcome the neighbor's cat, a bird or two or some buzzing, stinging creatures. Worse, you could wake up to bad guys carting off your stuff or come home to a trespasser taking a nap on your couch! Obviously, the front door is one of your protections for keeping bad things out and good things in. But what if you had an opening into your home that you didn't even know about -- and what if the dangers that were coming in couldn't be seen, smelled or tasted? That's the problem with an odorless, colorless and potentially dangerous gas like Radon. You don't realize it's there, but it may be causing problems for your family's health and well-being. The symptoms of Radon (unlike Carbon Monoxide) are not known immediately since the ill effects can take place over a period of years. According to the EPA, high levels of Radon can be found in one out of every 16 homes in the United States and is the second leading cause of lung cancer . We've got a video that gives a good explanation for how this happens and what you can do about it. Won't you please take a look?

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Lead Ore Milling 1934 US Bureau of Mines

Nestled deep within the eastern Ozarks is an area known as the Old Lead Belt; it is a major part of the great Southeast Missouri lead district, the premier lead mining district of the world. The mining industry in this area has played an important role in Missouri's economic and social fabric for more than 280 years. St. Joseph Lead Co. is one of the major corporate enterprises that came to Missouri to mine lead. Lead and zinc production involved crushing and grinding the mined rock to standard sizes and separating the ore. This left behind piles of leftover rock called tailings that covered 4000 acres in southeastern Cherokee County. These wastes were also a source of contamination. Lead, zinc, and cadmium from the tailings leached into the shallow ground water, contaminating local wells, and runoff moved contaminants into nearby streams and rivers. Wind also blew fine metal-bearing dust (from tailings piles and roads made of tailings) into the air, spreading the contamination to nearby non-mined areas. Radon gas from the mining operations was detected in the air around Galena. During the 1980's, this area was considered one of the most environmentally blighted in the nation. Some of the cleanup efforts are funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund. The EPA began working in the area in the early 1980's and work is ongoing. The EPA divided the Cherokee County Site into six subsites that correspond to six general mining locations, including the areas ...

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Compare Water Filter Systems Before You Buy

!±8± Compare Water Filter Systems Before You Buy

Americans have long felt safe drinking tap water in most of our cities and towns. While our supplies are far cleaner than in many parts of the world, many chemicals, microbes, drugs and minerals exist in today's taps than in years past. With factory waste, new pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals and microbes in our supplies these days, its critical that we protect ourselves with home water treatment systems to remove contaminants not removed by our utility companies.

Many different kinds of purification systems can be found on the market. It's important to know what they can, and can't do for you before you invest in any. Be informed before you spend. Here's a primer on the types of filter methods.

Water purification systems have different capabilities. Here are the main types of purification systems and their special abilities:

Reverse Osmosis Systems are common at the kitchen sink in many American homes. They force water through a metal or ceramic filter under high pressure. Big molecules get caught in the filter and only the nearly pure water gets through. While these systems are very good, they have their "blind spots" and can't remove all the health threatening substances in tap water. They work slowly and remove most toxic minerals and organic chemicals but they don't remove radon or chlorine and some micro organisms can get through.

Carbon Filters employ a cake of charcoal which attracts all sorts of molecules out of the fluid. Like all filter types, the filter needs to be changed from time to time as it will clog with contaminants. Carbon filters remove organic chemicals, radon, chlorine, bad tastes, and smells.

Sediment Filters remove large particles like sand, bits of metal, iron, and dirt. These often come with water softening systems.

Pathogen Filters take out micro organisms that can make us very sick, like bacteria or giardia. These filters have a ceramic or other membrane type that is firmly sealed around the edges. The organisms get trapped and clean water flows through the other side. Portable versions of this type of filter are used by people traveling or trekking in the outdoors or in other countries.

Distillers are devices that boil water then collect the steam and turn it back into liquid. This is the best way to produce a pure product but it will remove many beneficial minerals as well. Also they use a lot of energy and operate slowly.

Ultraviolet systems use ultraviolet light to kill bacteria. You may have seen these types of lights used in dentist or doctor offices to sterilize medical tools. A fixture that emits this high spectrum light illuminates the liquid for a set period of time. A pre-filter system must be in place but the ultraviolet will not kill microbes with a hard shell like giardia cysts.

As you can see, all of these systems have their strengths and their weaknesses. Today's urban or well water supplies can have up to 60,000 different contaminants according to the Environmental Working Group. Federal law only specifies 91 pollutants for removal by utility companies. The rest can flow into your taps and in many cities they do.

Given that so many pollutants must be removed from water to make it safe, particularly for children, you can't rely on any one purification system. Fortunately systems are available that combine a variety of the methods listed above. These so-called multi-stage water filtration systems provide great value and a pure supply for your family.

If you are concerned about the safety of your tap water, have it tested for contamination. Then you will know which type of system will service your needs. Click the link below to find quality testing and affordable high quality multi-stage filter systems.


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

12 Cancer-causing 'Elements' in our Home? How to Fight Them

!±8± 12 Cancer-causing 'Elements' in our Home? How to Fight Them

Fight smart! Look out for natural, safe, easy ways to reduce or solve the 12 cancer-causing 'elements' I posted a few days ago. Here are some suggested ways to counteract those 12 cancer-causing 'elements'! They should be referred as corresponding to its numbering of the previous article.

[1] Bring into the new home plentiful of green non-toxic plants to be placed outside your home and some at your verandah, [only one or two inside your rooms]. Keep your rooms airy and open. Fresh air comes from the plants during the day.

When night falls, use quality air purifiers that really works inside your home. A good air purifier will remove odour, airborne harmful contaminants and pollutants from the air at the same time keep the room clean with fresh air.

Good air purifiers will effectively removes pollen, dust, tobacco smoke, airborne bacteria and viruses, mold, fungi, dust mites, radon decay products, asbestos and dioxins..

[2] Electrical appliances should be kept at a safe distance

When using a computer, place two pots of green plants at each side so as to reduce radiation. These living plants will be the 'scrapgoat'. It will minimize our problem, but it is still best to stay in a safe distance from all electrical appliances especially when it is on.

Beware of our main switch when the household electric comes into our house. Work or stay far from the main switch or just any electrical switches. Be smart to arrange your working table away from them. It pays in the long run.

Try not to work in the evening. Evenings are time for us to rest and rejuvenate and be revitalized. A normal healthy person should go to bed before eleven for best total body rest.

[3] Use water purifiers

When bathing, throw in some natural flowers or natural green leaves to minimize and neutralizing of the unseen contaminants in the water. It works. Or have a pre-treat filter installed outside our home to filter dirt, chlorine and bigger contaminants.

But for drinking and cooking, one should use a reputed, safe, branded filter that emphasizes on filtering the contaminants and leaving behind valuable minerals. We call that water treatment systems.

[4] Use biodegradable shampoos, detergents and safe toothpaste that are proven to be safe.

Use biodegradable and safe products that will not pollute our environment. Fresh, clean water and air now is getting scarcer now. The importance of using biodegradable products that have quality control should be emphasized. Safe products means safe to hands, safe in the sense that they are made from plant origins instead of petroleum distillates or other chemicals.

Though we need to pay more for those biodegradable products, it will be comparatively 'cheaper' in the sense of toxicity and poisoning or cancer-causing problems . If we don't heed them, one day we will pay dearly for this ignorance.

[5] Use traps, boiling water to rid off those insects

Keeping our home clean and hygiene really means to clean it thoroughly. A clean house is detestable to flies and other insects. It is the filth and dirtiness that attract more unwanted pests into our home.

One can also use traps, boiling water to rid off those crawling insects. Mosquitoes nets can be a built-in for homes in humid and equatorial areas.

[6] Use good vacuum and quality air purifiers, it helps!

Poor ventilation in enclosed bedrooms should be regularly aired and to let sunlight into Use of good vacuum and quality air purifiers is a must to keep our rooms clean and green.

[7] Use stainless steels pots

Avoid using aluminium pots, non-stick pots that cannot withstand scratches and abrasive cleansing. Buy pots made of stainless steel. Or utensils made from iron can do too, but there is a need to keep it clean and non-rusty.

[8] Use safe food containers

Proper and safe food storage would stand in advantage where health and hygiene is concerned. Get acquainted with proper food storage.

[9] Don't stock up canned foods, just don't buy in excess, use low heat cooking

Most foods are perishable within days of harvest, cooking or storing. One must be advised as not to eat moldy nor burnt foods. Especially those foods that contain fats cannot be kept long.

[10] Wear silk or cotton light clothing

Fabrics made from plant fibers and origins are safer than synthetic fibers. Be careful with its dying processes too. Dark colored materials for internal wear should be out.

[11] Take food supplements instead of medicines

Go for preventive measures, nutritional cures, natural food cures, reflexology, massage or detox programmes which are much safer and effective. Understand the meaning of total health and happiness achievable through the 4 dimensions of health.

[12] Make sure you use 'proven-to-be-safe' products, for our skin, eyes and overall health.

There might be cancer-causing agents hidden in some skin care or cosmetics. Buy only from reputed sources.

Since all of us fear the overloading of contaminants in our body, special care should be taken to prevent instead of waiting for it to happen. Prevention is much better than cure. Don't overload our body system with toxemia and acidosis that cause all kinds of cancer!


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