Tag: health

Fragranced products to blame for smog as much as cars, study finds

February 21, 2018

By Peter Fimrite : sfchronicle – excerpt In another blow to vanity, a new study finds that shampoos, moisturizers, colognes and other household products people use every day cause just as much smog as the exhaust spewing out of car and truck engines on the streets and highways. The study, by the National Oceanic and … More Fragranced products to blame for smog as much as cars, study finds

Study: Pollution Kills More People Than War, Smoking, Hunger, and Other Causes of Death

October 21, 2017

jonathanturle – excerpt We have previously discussed how environmental dangers remain something of an abstraction for most people who fail to recognize that changes in air or water pollution standards results in high and quantifiable rises in death rates.  Even changes in areas like shipping fuels can translate to thousands of deaths. However, since these … More Study: Pollution Kills More People Than War, Smoking, Hunger, and Other Causes of Death