Need for Battery Recycling: United States alone consumes over $11 billion in batteries annually, powering everything from children’s toys to automobiles. As we all know batteries are composed of toxic to very toxic substances such as cadmium, lead, and sulfuric…
Controversy has begun on the topic whether living close to high power transmission lines producing electromagnetic fields and mobile towers erected by different mobile operators cause any adverse effect on the health of people living nearby. In a study conducted…
An International study reveals that breathing capacity of Indians is 30% less than the Europeans and North Americans. The study was conducted by Saleem Yousaf, prof of medicine in Macmaster University among 17000 men & 46000 women of 17 countries;…
GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) crops create fields that cannot support a healthy and natural ecosystem for plants and animals. Between the toxins produced by the GMO crops and the deadly herbicides and pesticides; plants, insects, and animals are either killed,…
GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are organisms that have been injected with foreign DNA like bacteria, viruses and other animal DNA (even human!). Some are injected with “Round Up” (a pesticide). This process is called Genetic Engineering and is used to…
What is Radioactive Pollution? Radioactive pollution can be defined as the emission of high energy particles or radioactive substance into air, water or land due to human activities in the form of radioactive waste. Radioactive waste is usually the product…
Pollutants are not only a threat to our ecosystem but also pose a great health hazard to human beings. Pollutants are the contaminated byproducts that causes instability or harm to our environment and ecosystem. These pollutants can be naturally occurring…
20th century saw the green revolution with the productivity of food production at its peak and development of modern agricultural techniques. These modern agricultural techniques changed the way of plowing the fields, development of new crop breeds and fertilizers and…
Swimming Pool Trivia is all about exploring the usage of water and the level of water consumption in swimming pools in US. US is a nation with the highest per-capita resource consumption per year, water consumption is not an exception….
What is Environmental Pollution? The environment is made up of systems, cycles, and specialized relationships between living and non-living elements. When everything’s working the way it should be, all the living organisms within the environment, including humans, are healthy and…