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Green Cleaning in a Different Way

Posted on: October 26, 2016 | By Mike Booth

It’s common knowledge that Hong Kong has some of the world’s worst air quality, given that rampant industrial expansion, a reliance on automobiles and a lax regulatory environment mean that air pollution often goes unchecked. But a German architect is applying his design skills to do something about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrtrNnAgIc&feature=youtu.be Dénes Honus has founded Green […]

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This Art Stinks! (Or Did at One Time)

Posted on: October 19, 2016 | By Mike Booth

The latest sensation to hit the art world doesn’t involve an ascot wearing performance artist or a new kind of painting movement. It’s smog. As in air pollution. That’s because a company has perfected a way to capture air pollution and turn it into consumer-safe paints, inks, pens and dyes, all ready to hit the […]

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Alzheimer’s Linked to Air Quality

Posted on: October 12, 2016 | By Mike Booth

Scientists and researchers have long known that even moderate exposure to air pollution can compromise respiratory, immune and nervous systems, but new findings provide a strong link between air quality and the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Research has found increased levels of toxic magnetite nanoparticles from air pollution in brain tissue of deceased Alzheimer’s patients, […]

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Saying Nope to Germ-fighting Soap

Posted on: October 5, 2016 | By Mike Booth

Here’s bad news for your germaphobe friend—you know, the one who buys all the products he can with the “antibacterial” stamp on them. Problem is, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned antibacterial ingredients from soap products, saying that these ingredients do little or nothing to make the soap more effective. What’s more, […]

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Fall Allergies: What You Can Do

Posted on: September 21, 2016 | By Mike Booth

With so much attention paid to springtime allergies—the blooms! The sneezing! The incessant TV spots featuring over-the-counter remedies!—it’s hard to remember that fall is a prime allergy season, too. In fact, ragweed, a common culprit for all that sneezing and wheezing, blooms from mid-August until the first cold snap in the Midwest and East. And, […]

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