3.6kviews I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you spend much time outdoors, you’re probably going to get bitten by a tick. And that means you could contract Lyme disease. Climate change is partly to blame. Warming global temperatures are helping boost tick populations in two ways: they’re giving ticks more […]
September 26 is Mesothelioma Awareness Day. We’ve teamed up with the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance to warn you about 9 sneaky ways you may end up becoming a victim of asbestos exposure, the primary cause of mesothelioma. You might think asbestos was banned. Not so. It was briefly up for a ban in 1991, but that […]
737views How clean is the air you breathe? Because you don’t see smog inside your home, you might think your air is pretty clean. You’d sure want it to be, since you spend 90% of your time indoors, either in your home or at work. But in fact, indoor air can be two-five times more […]
7.5kviewsHere in Washington, D.C., we’re having what’s called a “code orange day” — and that’s not good. According to Clean Air Partners, a non-profit organization that helps cities and communities in Washington and Baltimore raise awareness about air pollution so they can reduce it, code orange means that the air I’m breathing outside is, well, […]
West Nile Virus is on the rise in the United States, a consequence of the climate change that is bringing more extreme weather conditions to many parts of the country. The Centers for Disease Control report that, “since 1999, 30,000 people have been reported as getting sick with West Nile Virus. Occasionally, an infected person may […]
Starting today and continuing on for the next 12 weeks, I’ll be part of a group of inspiring women, coaches, nutritional experts, fitness trainers, and health and wellness companies that will be working together to get fitter and healthier — and maybe even lose a few pounds. Actually, weight loss is not as much a […]
You don’t usually hear the words “sex” and “sustainability” in the same sentence. That will change on June 20, when the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the clamor of thousands of women demanding a global commitment to family planning. They’ll be making […]
The current debate about health care seems seriously lacking in one important way: there’s no focus on the environmental problems that make so many of us sick. Just scan the front pages of this week’s New York Times if you need to be convinced. “Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells,” documents instances of children contracting […]
