Dogs and cats can carry many diseases, some of which may be easily transmitted to their owners. Care, hygiene and common sense are vital when handling pets. Dogs may be man’s best friends and cats are lovable and playful, but there are hidden risks for the unwary owner. The amount of disease that may be […]
A Balanced Diet is Best for our Intake of Vitamins
Vitamins are a group of totally unrelated chemicals that have only one thing in common; they are essential (usually in tiny amounts) for the normal function of the body. Vitamin A is found in milk, butter, eggs, fish, liver and most fruits and vegetables; with very high levels being found in orange colored foods (eg: […]
Do The Latest 2016 Anti-Wrinkle Treatments Really Work?
9 seriously magical anti-aging ingredients for better skin Natural beauty calls for natural ingredients–but which ones actually work? Answer is Here! These nine surprising ingredients provide your skin with rich nutrition to keep your body looking and feeling youthful. 1) Coconut oil Packed with medium-chain fatty acids and anti-bacterial properties. Basically, healthy fats that don’t make you […]
Camouflage face paint made with DEET insect repellent
The Pentagon recently commissioned a new type of camouflage make-up that could protects soldiers’ faces from intense thermal blasts of heat for upwards to 15 seconds. This could make the difference between 2nd or 3rd degree burns in some cases, depending how close you are to the explosion at the time. “Bomb burn”, as they call it […]
Global Meat Production and Consumption Continue to Rise
<em>Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s </em><a href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/"><em>Nourishing the Planet</em></a><em>.</em> Global meat production and consumption have increased rapidly in recent decades, with harmful effects on the environment and public health as well as on the economy, according to research done by Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet project for <a href="http://vitalsigns.worldwatch.org/">Vital Signs Online</a>. Worldwide meat production […]
Collective Pharmaceutical Consumption Yielding Cellular Dangers in the Water Supply
There is a photograph that stays with me. A man is sprawled on a makeshift FEMA cot at the New Orleans airport. It is days after Hurricane Katrina moved through, and the man is clearly lost in the grey folds of his mind. The caption says that he is schizophrenic and that he is coping […]