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Manganese is a common element found in our surroundings. It is found in water, soil, and is an ingredient to produce a myriad of products that we use today. The element is not harmful in small doses but the health risk increases as we expose ourselves to high levels for long periods of time. Constant [...]
Everyone is created differently and our bodies react differently to our environment. Some of us are wired to be more susceptible to diseases while others are more immune and have lower risks of catching diseases. It is said that 20% of illness factors are in our genes, 80% will come from our environment. If we [...]
Mercury is an element that comes from the Earth’s crust. It is considered toxic when released into our surroundings and find its way into our body. This becomes possible when factories burn coal and mercury gets released into the air. Volcanic eruptions also add mercury into the atmosphere and come down as rain, contaminating our [...]
Cadmium is one of the many toxic heavy metals that are found in our environment. It is highly toxic when inhaled and ingested. It is found that continuous exposure to the heavy metal causes our body to experience symptoms that lead to serious health problems. Those who are working in factories that mine and smelt [...]
Ludwig van Beethoven, a well-renowned German composer and pianist, was an important figure in Western classical music. He remains to be one of the most influential and acclaimed composers in the world. He produced the finest music which later gained him the title of a virtuoso pianist. In his early twenties, Beethoven moved to Vienna [...]
Benjamin Franklin once said – “The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance” and this holds perfectly true for lead poisoning. With years of knowledge on toxic effects of various lead heavy metals, they persist to be used extensively in various products of common use found in and around our homes posing threat to [...]
The environment is exposed 24/7 to harmful chemical elements. Among these chemicals are heavy metals like mercury, lead, arsenic, and chromium. Without their knowledge, individuals are faced with daily exposure to heavy metal compounds. The most common methods of heavy metal poisoning are inhalation, ingestion, and skin contact. Initial exposure to these harmful metals may [...]
Apparently, Lead is omnipresent – from natural deposits to agricultural soils, from vehicle emission to tap water, from household paints to children toys and what not. Thanks to the era of industrial revolution, this soft, heavy, and malleable, not to mention – toxic, metallic element has become a part and parcel of many commonly used [...]
Lead is a soft, heavy, toxic, malleable, metallic element that was used for many years, and is still used in many countries, in products found in and around our homes. Although the federal government banned lead-based paints from housing in 1978, many homes continue to have lead-based paints. In developing world, lead paints are still [...]
Those who suffer the daily agony of waiting for public transport buses must be pretty aware of the offensively malodorous smoke emitted by those cavalcades of vehicles passing by. What they aren’t aware of is that it is not just the fetid smoke they are taking in, but a perplexed composition of poisonous gases and [...]
