This weekend, I came across the following clip while checking the latest news in the BBC, and my eyes welled up as I watched it to the end, although it was barely a minute long. Fortunately, there was no one else around down in my basement office for me to have been embarrassed. Nonetheless, this …
If you are a health conscious person, then perhaps you worry about various indoor environmental factors that affect health, such as electromagnetic radiations, mold, VOCs, allergens, etc. that are within the home. It may be that you would consider having an EMF inspection or indoor environmental inspection done before you purchase and move into a …
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OVER THE YEARS, many nail clippers have died in my hands and I have duly dispatched them to their graves (landfills). One could easily guess where they were made. Having made a resolution recently to put some efforts in weaning myself out of Chinese products – as much out of care for the environment, local …
I HOPE that you would spend a few minutes and scroll through the pages in this link – a cache of pictures hacked from Chinese police servers and given off to the outside press. There is not much text or narrative here to read, but the faces of these Uyghur Muslims – as young as …
YOUR CHOICE OF LIGHTING in the house may have minor to serious health ramifications over a long period of time. Artificial lighting emits different levels of harmful radiations. These include EMF radiation (electric fields, magnetic fields, dirty electricity), UV radiation, and blue light. Choice of lighting therefore depends on determining which type of light produces …
Many people do not know, but our body is an electromagnetic field itself. From neurotransmissions to cardiac functions to inter and intra cellular activities, very delicately balanced electrical charges are used to regulate vital functions in our bodies. That being the case, it is easy to understand why intense man-made EMFs arounds us would throw …
ALL ANIMALS flee from fire. If we see a source of danger, we will avoid it. When the threat is something we can see or feel, then it requires little convincing that it is detrimental to our well-being. But when we cannot see or feel the source of danger, and further, the potential harm takes …
In the age of the Internet, there is no dearth of opinions on the subject of health, illness, and remedies. When top experts differ on these topics, sometimes even contradicting each other, ordinary people are left with confusion about whose opinions to accept or whom to trust. Here are some of my own personal criteria …
IN THE CONTEXT of scientific research and expert testimony, “cherry picking” refers to using evidences that support a particular theory or viewpoint, while avoiding those that undermine it. The notion is derived from a common practice by farmers. When cherry farmers pick their cherries for selling in the market, they pick the most robust and …
THE HUMAN BODY is amazingly resilient. Many of its internal vital organs will continue to function without a complaint even when their function is reduced or compromised due to the onset of a disease. A liver, for example, may be nearly 70% compromised or damaged and yet the person may not feel any pain or …
